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               THE
               MAN
               IN
               THE
               MOONE
               :
               OR
               ,
               A
               DISCOURSE
               Of
               a
               Voyage
               thither
               :
            
             
               By
               F.G.
               B.
               of
               H.
               
            
             
               To
               which
               is
               added
               
                 Nuncius
                 Inanimatus
              
               ,
               written
               in
               Latin
               by
               the
               same
               Author
               ,
               and
               now
               Englished
               by
               a
               Person
               of
               Worth.
               
            
             
               The
               Second
               Edition
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Joshua
                 Kirton
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Signe
               of
               the
               Kings
               Arms
               in
               St.
               Pauls
               .
               Church-yard
               .
               1657
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               Ingenious
               Reader
               .
            
             
               THou
               hast
               here
               an
               essay
               of
               Fancy
               ,
               where
               Invention
               is
               shewed
               with
               Judgment
               .
               Is
               was
               not
               the
               Authors
               intention
               (
               I
               presume
               )
               to
               discourse
               thee
               into
               a
               belief
               of
               each
               particular
               circumstance
               .
               T
               is
               fit
               thou
               allow
               
               him
               a
               liberty
               of
               conceit
               ;
               where
               thou
               takest
               to
               thy self
               a
               liberty
               of
               judgment
               .
               In
               substance
               ,
               thou
               hast
               here
               a
               new
               discovery
               of
               a
               new
               World
               ,
               which
               perchance
               may
               finde
               little
               better
               entertainment
               in
               thy
               opinion
               ,
               than
               that
               of
               Columbus
               at
               first
               ,
               in
               the
               esteem
               of
               all
               men
               .
               Yet
               his
               than
               but
               poor
               espyall
               of
               America
               ,
               betray'd
               unto
               knowledge
               so
               much
               as
               hath
               
               since
               encreast
               into
               a
               vaste
               plantation
               .
               And
               the
               then
               unknown
               ,
               to
               be
               now
               of
               as
               large
               extent
               as
               all
               other
               the
               known
               World.
               
            
             
               That
               there
               shoud
               be
               Antipodes
               was
               once
               thought
               as
               great
               a
               Paradox
               as
               now
               that
               the
               Moon
               should
               be
               habitable
               .
               But
               the
               knowledge
               of
               this
               may
               seem
               more
               properly
               reserved
               for
               this
               our
               discovering
               age
               :
               In
               which
               our
               
               lilaeusses
               ,
               can
               by
               advantage
               of
               their
               spectacles
               gaze
               the
               Sun
               into
               spots
               ,
               &
               descry
               mountaines
               in
               the
               Moon
               .
               But
               this
               and
               more
               in
               the
               ensuing
               discourse
               I
               leave
               to
               thy
               candid
               censure
               ,
               and
               the
               faithfull
               relation
               of
               the
               little
               eye-witnesse
               ,
               our
               great
               discoverer
               .
            
             
               E.
               M.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               THE
               MAN
               IN
               THE
               MOONE
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               well
               enough
               and
               sufficiently
               known
               to
               all
               the
               countries
               of
               Andaluzia
               ,
               that
               I
               
                 Domingo
                 Gonsales
              
               was
               born
               of
               Noble
               parentage
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               the
               renowned
               City
               of
               Sivill
               ,
               to
               wit
               in
               the
               year
               1552.
               my
               Fathers
               name
               being
               
                 Therrando
                 Gonsales
              
               (
               that
               was
               near
               kinsman
               by
               the
               mothers
               side
               unto
               
                 Don
                 Pedro
                 Sanchez
              
               
               that
               worthy
               Count
               of
               Almenara
               ,
               )
               and
               as
               for
               my
               Mother
               ,
               she
               was
               the
               daughter
               of
               the
               Reverend
               and
               famous
               Lawyer
               ,
               
                 Otho
                 Perez
                 de
                 Sallaveda
              
               ,
               Governour
               of
               Barcellona
               ,
               and
               
                 Corrigidor
                 of
                 Biscaia
              
               :
               being
               the
               youngest
               of
               17
               Children
               they
               had
               ,
               I
               was
               put
               to
               school
               ,
               and
               intended
               by
               them
               unto
               the
               Church
               .
               But
               our
               Lord
               purposing
               to
               use
               my
               service
               in
               matters
               of
               far
               other
               nature
               and
               quality
               ,
               inspired
               me
               with
               spending
               some
               time
               in
               the
               wars
               .
               It
               was
               at
               the
               time
               that
               
                 Don
                 Fernando
              
               ,
               the
               Noble
               and
               thrice
               renowned
               Duke
               
                 D
                 Alva
              
               ,
               was
               sent
               into
               the
               Low
               Countries
               ,
               viz.
               the
               year
               of
               Grace
               1568.
               
               I
               then
               following
               the
               current
               of
               my
               foresaid
               desire
               ,
               leaving
               the
               Universitie
               of
               Salamanca
               ,
               (
               whither
               my
               Parents
               had
               sent
               me
               )
               without
               giving
               knowledge
               unto
               any
               of
               my
               dearest
               friends
               ,
               got
               me
               through
               France
               unto
               Antwerp
               ,
               where
               in
               the
               
               moneth
               of
               June
               1569.
               
               I
               arrived
               in
               something
               poore
               estate
               .
               For
               having
               s●ld
               my
               Books
               and
               Bedding
               ,
               with
               such
               other
               stuff
               as
               I
               had
               ,
               which
               happily
               yielded
               me
               some
               30.
               duckats
               ,
               and
               borrowed
               of
               my
               Fathers
               f●●ends
               some
               20.
               more
               ,
               I
               bought
               me
               a
               little
               Nagg
               ,
               with
               which
               I
               travelled
               more
               thriftily
               than
               young
               Gentlemen
               are
               wont
               ordinarily
               to
               doo
               :
               Untill
               at
               last
               arriving
               within
               a
               league
               of
               Antwerp
               ,
               certain
               of
               the
               cursed
               Ge●ses
               set
               upon
               me
               ,
               and
               bereaved
               me
               of
               Horse
               ,
               Mony
               ,
               and
               all
               :
               Whereupon
               I
               was
               fain
               (
               through
               want
               and
               necessity
               ,
               )
               to
               enter
               into
               the
               service
               of
               Marshall
               Cossey
               a
               French
               Noble
               man
               ,
               whom
               I
               se●v●d
               truely
               in
               honourable
               place
               ,
               although
               mine
               enemies
               gave
               it
               out
               to
               my
               disgrace
               that
               I
               was
               his
               horse-keepers
               boy
               .
               But
               for
               that
               matter
               I
               shall
               referr
               my self
               unto
               the
               report
               of
               the
               Count
               
                 Mansfield
                 ,
                 Mounsieur
                 Tavier
              
               ,
               
               and
               other
               men
               of
               known
               worth
               and
               estimation
               ;
               who
               have
               often
               testified
               unto
               many
               of
               good
               credit
               ,
               yet
               living
               ,
               the
               very
               truth
               in
               that
               behalf
               ,
               which
               indeed
               is
               this
               ,
               that
               
                 Mounsieur
                 Cossey
              
               ,
               who
               about
               that
               time
               had
               been
               sent
               Embassador
               unto
               the
               Duke
               
                 D'
                 Alva
              
               ;
               Governour
               of
               the
               Low
               Countries
               ,
               he
               I
               say
               understanding
               the
               Nobility
               of
               my
               birth
               ,
               and
               my
               late
               misfortune
               ;
               thinking
               it
               would
               be
               no
               small
               honour
               to
               him
               ,
               to
               have
               a
               Spanyard
               of
               that
               quality
               about
               him
               ,
               furnished
               me
               with
               horse
               ,
               armour
               and
               whatsoever
               I
               wanted
               ,
               using
               my
               service
               in
               nothing
               so
               much
               (
               after
               once
               I
               had
               learned
               the
               French
               tongue
               )
               as
               writing
               his
               Letters
               ,
               because
               my
               hand
               indeed
               was
               then
               very
               fair
               .
               In
               the
               time
               of
               War
               ,
               if
               upon
               necessity
               ,
               I
               now
               and
               then
               dressed
               mine
               own
               Horse
               ,
               it
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               cast
               in
               my
               teeth
               ,
               seeing
               I
               hold
               it
               the
               part
               of
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               
               for
               setting
               forward
               the
               service
               of
               his
               Prince
               ,
               to
               submit
               himself
               unto
               the
               vilest
               office
               .
               The
               first
               expedition
               I
               was
               in
               ,
               was
               against
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               at
               what
               time
               the
               Marshall
               my
               friend
               aforesaid
               ,
               met
               him
               making
               a
               road
               into
               France
               ,
               and
               putting
               him
               to
               flight
               ,
               chased
               him
               even
               unto
               the
               walls
               of
               Cambray
               .
               It
               was
               my
               good
               hap
               at
               that
               time
               to
               defeat
               a
               horseman
               of
               the
               enemy
               ,
               by
               killing
               his
               Horse
               with
               my
               pistoll
               ,
               which
               falling
               upon
               his
               leg
               ,
               so
               as
               he
               could
               not
               stir
               ,
               he
               yielded
               himself
               to
               my
               mercie
               ;
               but
               I
               knowing
               mine
               own
               weakness
               of
               body
               ,
               and
               seeing
               him
               a
               lusty
               tall
               fellow
               ,
               thought
               it
               my
               surest
               way
               to
               dispatch
               him
               ,
               which
               having
               done
               ,
               I
               rifled
               him
               of
               a
               chain
               ,
               mony
               ,
               and
               other
               things
               to
               the
               value
               of
               200.
               ducats
               :
               no
               sooner
               was
               that
               money
               in
               my
               purse
               ,
               but
               I
               began
               to
               resume
               the
               remembrance
               of
               my
               nobility
               ,
               and
               
               giving
               unto
               
                 Mounsieur
                 Cossey
              
               the
               
                 Besa
                 Los
                 Manos
              
               ,
               I
               got
               my self
               immediately
               unto
               the
               Dukes
               court
               ,
               where
               were
               divers
               of
               my
               kindred
               ,
               that
               (
               now
               they
               saw
               my
               purse
               full
               of
               good
               Crowns
               )
               were
               ready
               enough
               to
               take
               knowledge
               of
               me
               ;
               by
               their
               means
               I
               was
               received
               into
               pay
               ,
               and
               in
               process
               of
               time
               obtained
               a
               good
               degree
               of
               favour
               with
               the
               Duke
               ,
               who
               sometimes
               would
               jeast
               a
               little
               more
               broadly
               at
               my
               personage
               than
               I
               could
               well
               brook
               .
               For
               although
               I
               must
               acknowledge
               my
               stature
               to
               be
               so
               little
               ,
               as
               no
               man
               there
               is
               living
               ,
               I
               think
               less
               ,
               yet
               in
               as
               much
               as
               it
               was
               the
               work
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               mine
               ,
               he
               ought
               not
               to
               have
               made
               that
               a
               means
               to
               dishonour
               a
               Gentleman
               withall
               .
               And
               those
               things
               which
               have
               happened
               unto
               me
               ,
               may
               be
               an
               example
               ,
               that
               great
               and
               wonderfull
               things
               may
               be
               performed
               by
               most
               unlikely
               bodyes
               ,
               if
               
               the
               mind
               be
               good
               ,
               and
               the
               blessing
               of
               our
               Lord
               do
               second
               and
               follow
               the
               endeavours
               of
               the
               same
               .
               Well
               ,
               howsoever
               the
               Dukes
               merriments
               went
               against
               my
               stomack
               ,
               I
               framed
               my self
               the
               best
               I
               could
               to
               dissemble
               my
               discontent
               ,
               and
               by
               such
               my
               patience
               accommodating
               my self
               al●o
               unto
               some
               other
               his
               humors
               ,
               so
               won
               his
               favour
               ,
               as
               at
               his
               departure
               home
               into
               Spain
               ,
               (
               whither
               I
               attended
               him
               )
               the
               Year
               1573.
               by
               his
               favour
               an●●
               some
               other
               accidents
               ,
               (
               I
               will
               say
               nothing
               of
               my
               own
               industry
               ,
               wherein
               I
               was
               not
               wanting
               to
               my self
               )
               I
               was
               able
               to
               carry
               home
               in
               my
               purse
               the
               value
               of
               30●0
               .
               Crowns
               .
               At
               my
               return
               home
               my
               Parents
               ,
               that
               were
               marvellously
               displeased
               with
               my
               departure
               ,
               received
               me
               with
               great
               joy
               ;
               and
               the
               rather
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               saw
               I
               brought
               with
               me
               means
               to
               maintain
               my self
               without
               their
               charge
               ,
               
               having
               a
               portion
               sufficient
               of
               mine
               own
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               needed
               not
               to
               defalke
               any
               thing
               from
               my
               bretheren
               or
               sisters
               for
               my
               setting
               up
               .
               But
               fearing
               I
               would
               spend
               it
               as
               lightly
               as
               I
               got
               it
               ,
               they
               did
               never
               leave
               importuning
               me
               till
               I
               must
               needs
               marry
               the
               daughter
               of
               a
               Portugais
               ,
               a
               Merchant
               of
               Lisbon
               ,
               a
               man
               of
               great
               wealth
               and
               dealings
               ,
               called
               
                 John
                 Figueres
              
               .
               Therein
               I
               satisfied
               their
               desire
               ,
               and
               putting
               ●ot
               onely
               my
               marriage
               money
               ,
               but
               also
               a
               good
               part
               of
               mine
               own
               Stock
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               my
               Father
               in
               Law
               ,
               or
               such
               as
               he
               wished
               me
               unto
               ,
               I
               lived
               in
               good
               sort
               ,
               even
               like
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               with
               great
               content
               for
               divers
               years
               .
               At
               last
               it
               fell
               out
               ,
               that
               some
               disagreement
               happened
               between
               me
               and
               one
               
                 Pedro
                 Delgades
              
               a
               Gentleman
               of
               my
               kin
               ,
               the
               causes
               whereof
               are
               needless
               to
               be
               related
               ,
               but
               so
               farr
               this
               dissention
               grew
               between
               us
               ,
               
               as
               when
               no
               mediation
               of
               friends
               could
               appease
               the
               s●me
               ,
               into
               the
               field
               we
               went
               together
               alone
               with
               our
               Rapiers
               ,
               where
               my
               chance
               was
               to
               kill
               him
               ,
               being
               a
               man
               of
               great
               strength
               ,
               and
               tall
               stature
               .
               But
               what
               I
               wan●ed
               of
               him
               in
               strength
               ,
               I
               supplyed
               with
               courage
               ,
               and
               my
               nimbleness
               more
               than
               countervailed
               his
               stature
               .
               This
               fact
               being
               committed
               in
               Carmona
               ,
               I
               fled
               with
               all
               the
               speed
               I
               could
               to
               Lisbone
               ,
               thinking
               to
               lurk
               with
               some
               friend
               of
               my
               Father
               in
               laws
               ,
               till
               the
               matter
               might
               be
               compounded
               and
               a
               course
               taken
               for
               a
               sentence
               of
               Acquittall
               by
               consent
               of
               the
               prosecutors
               .
               This
               matter
               fell
               out
               in
               the
               Year
               1596.
               even
               at
               that
               time
               that
               a
               certain
               great
               Count
               of
               ours
               came
               home
               from
               the
               West
               Indies
               ,
               in
               triumphant
               manner
               ,
               boasting
               and
               sending
               out
               his
               declarations
               in
               print
               ,
               of
               a
               
               great
               victory
               he
               had
               obtained
               against
               the
               English
               ,
               near
               the
               Isle
               of
               Pines
               .
               Whereas
               the
               truth
               is
               ,
               he
               got
               of
               the
               English
               nothing
               at
               all
               in
               that
               Voyage
               ,
               but
               blowes
               and
               a
               great
               loss
               .
            
             
               Would
               to
               God
               that
               lying
               and
               Vanit●e
               had
               been
               all
               the
               faults
               he
               had
               ;
               his
               convetousness
               was
               like
               to
               by
               my
               utter
               undoing
               ,
               although
               since
               it
               hath
               proved
               a
               means
               of
               eternizing
               my
               name
               for
               ever
               with
               all
               Posterity
               ,
               (
               I
               verily
               hope
               )
               and
               to
               the
               unspeakable
               good
               of
               all
               mortall
               men
               ,
               that
               in
               succeeding
               ages
               the
               World
               shall
               have
               ,
               if
               at
               the
               leastwise
               it
               may
               please
               God
               that
               I
               do
               return
               safe
               home
               a●●●●
               into
               my
               Countrie
               ,
               to
               give
               perfect
               instructions
               how
               those
               admirable
               devices
               ,
               and
               past
               all
               credit
               of
               possibility
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               light
               upon
               ,
               may
               be
               imparted
               unto
               publique
               use
               .
               You
               shall
               
               then
               see
               men
               to
               flie
               from
               place
               to
               place
               in
               the
               ayre
               ;
               you
               shall
               be
               able
               ,
               (
               without
               moving
               or
               travelling
               of
               any
               creature
               ,
               )
               to
               send
               messages
               in
               an
               instant
               many
               Miles
               off
               ,
               and
               receive
               answer
               again
               imediately
               ;
               you
               shall
               be
               able
               to
               declare
               your
               minde
               presently
               unto
               your
               friend
               ,
               being
               in
               some
               private
               and
               remote
               place
               of
               a
               populous
               Citie
               ,
               with
               a
               number
               of
               such
               like
               things
               :
               but
               that
               which
               far
               surpasseth
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               you
               shall
               have
               notice
               of
               a
               new
               World
               ,
               of
               many
               most
               rare
               and
               incredible
               secrets
               of
               Nature
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               Philosophers
               of
               former
               ages
               could
               never
               so
               much
               as
               dream
               off
               :
               But
               I
               must
               be
               adv●sed
               ,
               how
               I
               be
               over
               liberall
               ,
               in
               publishing
               these
               wonderfull
               mysteryes
               ,
               till
               the
               Sages
               of
               our
               State
               have
               considered
               how
               farr
               the
               use
               of
               these
               things
               may
               stand
               with
               the
               Policy
               and
               good
               government
               of
               our
               
               Countrey
               ,
               as
               also
               with
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               how
               the
               publication
               of
               them
               may
               not
               prove
               prejudiciall
               to
               the
               affairs
               of
               the
               Catholique
               Faith
               and
               Religion
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               taught
               (
               by
               those
               wonders
               I
               have
               seen
               above
               any
               mortall
               man
               that
               hath
               lived
               in
               many
               ages
               past
               )
               with
               all
               my
               best
               endeavours
               to
               advance
               ,
               without
               all
               respect
               of
               temporall
               good
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               go
               forward
               with
               my
               narration
               ,
               so
               it
               was
               that
               the
               bragging
               Captain
               above
               named
               ,
               made
               shew
               of
               great
               discontentment
               for
               the
               death
               of
               the
               said
               Delgades
               ,
               who
               was
               indeed
               some
               kin
               unto
               him
               .
               Howbeit
               he
               would
               have
               been
               intreated
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               would
               have
               given
               him
               no
               less
               than
               1000.
               
               Ducats
               (
               for
               his
               share
               )
               to
               have
               put
               up
               his
               Pipes
               ,
               and
               surceased
               all
               suit
               in
               his
               
               Kinsmans
               behalfe
               ;
               I
               had
               by
               this
               time
               (
               besides
               a
               wife
               )
               two
               sonns
               whom
               I
               liked
               not
               to
               beggar
               by
               satisfying
               the
               desire
               of
               this
               covetous
               br●ggart
               and
               the
               rest
               ,
               and
               therefore
               constrained
               of
               necessity
               to
               take
               another
               course
               ,
               I
               put
               my self
               in
               a
               good
               Carick
               that
               went
               for
               the
               East
               Indies
               ,
               taking
               with
               me
               the
               worth
               of
               2000.
               
               Ducats
               to
               traffique
               withall
               ,
               being
               yet
               able
               to
               leave
               so
               much
               more
               for
               the
               estate
               of
               my
               wife
               and
               children
               ,
               whatsoever
               might
               become
               of
               me
               ,
               and
               the
               goods
               I
               carried
               with
               me
               .
               In
               the
               Indies
               I
               prospered
               exceeding
               well
               ,
               bestowing
               my
               stock
               in
               Jewells
               ,
               namely
               ,
               for
               the
               most
               part
               in
               
                 Diamonds
                 ,
                 Emeraulds
              
               ,
               and
               great
               Pearl
               ;
               of
               which
               I
               had
               such
               peniworths
               ,
               as
               my
               stock
               being
               safely
               returned
               into
               Spain
               ,
               (
               so
               I
               heard
               it
               was
               )
               must
               needs
               yield
               ten
               for
               one
               .
               But
               my self
               upon
               my
               way
               homeward
               
               soone
               after
               we
               had
               doubled
               the
               East
               of
               
                 Buena
                 Speranza
              
               ,
               fell
               grievously
               sick
               for
               many
               dayes
               ,
               making
               account
               by
               the
               same
               sickness
               to
               end
               my
               life
               ,
               as
               undoubtedly
               I
               had
               done
               ,
               had
               we
               no
               (
               even
               then
               as
               we
               did
               )
               recovered
               th●
               same
               blessed
               Isle
               of
               S.
               Hellen
               ,
               the
               only
               paradice
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               that
               the
               Earth
               yieldeth
               ,
               of
               the
               healthfullness
               of
               the
               Aire
               there
               ,
               the
               fruitfullness
               of
               the
               soile
               ,
               and
               the
               abundance
               of
               all
               manner
               of
               things
               necessary
               for
               sustaining
               the
               life
               of
               man
               ,
               what
               should
               I
               speak
               ,
               seeing
               there
               is
               scant
               a
               boy
               in
               all
               Spain
               ,
               that
               hath
               not
               heard
               of
               the
               same
               ?
               I
               cannot
               but
               wonder
               ,
               that
               our
               King
               in
               his
               wisdome
               hath
               not
               thought
               fit
               to
               plant
               a
               Colony
               ,
               and
               to
               fortifie
               in
               it
               ,
               being
               a
               place
               so
               necessary
               for
               refreshing
               of
               all
               ●●●
               vellers
               out
               of
               the
               Indies
               ,
               so
               as
               it
               ●●●
               hardly
               possible
               to
               make
               a
               Voyage
               thence
               ,
               without
               touching
               there
               .
            
             
             
             
               It
               is
               situate
               in
               the
               Altitude
               of
               16.
               degrees
               to
               the
               South
               ,
               and
               is
               about
               3.
               leagues
               in
               compass
               ,
               having
               no
               firm
               land
               or
               continent
               within
               300.
               leagues
               ,
               nay
               not
               so
               much
               as
               an
               Island
               within
               100.
               leagues
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               may
               seeme
               a
               miracle
               of
               Nature
               ,
               that
               out
               of
               so
               huge
               and
               tempestuous
               an
               Ocean
               ,
               such
               a
               little
               piece
               of
               ground
               should
               arise
               and
               discover
               it self●
               Upon
               ●he
               South
               side
               there
               is
               a
               very
               good
               harbo●ough
               ,
               and
               near
               unto
               the
               same
               divers
               edifices
               built
               by
               the
               Portingals
               to
               entertain
               passengers
               ,
               amongst
               the
               which
               there
               is
               a
               pretty
               Chappell
               handsomly
               beautifyed
               with
               a
               Tower
               ,
               having
               a
               fair
               Bell
               in
               the
               same
               .
               Near
               unto
               this
               housing
               there
               is
               a
               pretty
               Brook
               of
               excellent
               fresh
               water
               ,
               divers
               faire
               walkes
               made
               b●
               hand
               ,
               and
               set
               along
               upon
               both
               sides
               ,
               with
               fruit-Trees
               ,
               especially
               Oranges
               
               Limmons
               ,
               Pomgranats
               ,
               Almonds
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               which
               bear
               Fruit
               all
               the
               year
               long
               ,
               as
               do
               also
               the
               Fig-Trees
               ,
               Vines
               ,
               Pear-Trees
               ,
               (
               whereof
               there
               are
               divers
               sorts
               ,
               )
               Palmitos
               ,
               Cocos
               ,
               Olives
               ,
               Plumms
               ;
               also
               I
               have
               seen
               there
               such
               as
               we
               call
               Damaxaelas
               ,
               but
               few
               ;
               as
               for
               Apples
               I
               dare
               say
               there
               are
               none
               at
               all
               ;
               of
               garden
               Hearbs
               there
               is
               good
               store
               ,
               as
               of
               Parsly
               ,
               Cole-worts
               ,
               Rosemary
               ,
               Mellons
               ,
               Gourds
               ,
               Lettice
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ;
               Corn
               likewise
               growing
               of
               it self
               ,
               incredible
               plenty
               ,
               as
               
                 Wheate
                 ,
                 Pease
                 Barley
              
               ,
               and
               almost
               all
               kind
               of
               Pulse
               ;
               but
               chiefly
               it
               aboundeth
               with
               Cattle
               ,
               and
               Fowle
               ,
               as
               
                 Goates
                 ,
                 Swine
                 ,
                 Sheepe
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Horses
                 ,
                 Partridges
              
               .
               wild
               
                 Hens
                 ,
                 Phesants
                 ,
                 Pigeons
              
               ,
               and
               wild
               Fowle
               beyond
               all
               credit
               :
               especially
               there
               are
               to
               be
               seen
               about
               the
               Moneths
               of
               February
               ,
               and
               March
               ,
               huge
               flocks
               
               of
               a
               certain
               kinde
               of
               wilde
               Swans
               (
               of
               which
               I
               shall
               have
               cause
               hereafter
               to
               speak
               more
               )
               that
               like
               unto
               our
               Cuckoes
               ,
               and
               Nightingales
               ,
               at
               a
               certain
               season
               of
               the
               yeare
               ,
               do
               vanish
               away
               ,
               and
               are
               no
               more
               to
               be
               seen
               .
            
             
               On
               this
               blessed
               Island
               did
               they
               set
               me
               a
               shore
               with
               a
               Negro
               to
               attend
               me
               ,
               where
               ,
               praised
               be
               God
               ,
               I
               recovered
               my
               health
               ,
               and
               continued
               there
               for
               the
               space
               of
               one
               whole
               yeare
               ,
               solacing
               my self
               (
               for
               lacke
               of
               human
               societie
               )
               with
               Birds
               ,
               and
               brute
               beasts
               ,
               as
               for
               Diego
               (
               so
               was
               the
               Blackmoore
               called
               ,
               )
               he
               was
               constrained
               to
               live
               at
               the
               West
               end
               of
               the
               Island
               in
               a
               Cave
               .
               Because
               being
               alwayes
               together
               ,
               victuals
               would
               not
               have
               fallen
               out
               so
               plenty
               :
               if
               the
               Hunting
               or
               Fowling
               of
               the
               one
               had
               succeeded
               well
               ,
               the
               other
               would
               finde
               means
               to
               invite
               him
               ,
               
               but
               if
               it
               were
               scant
               with
               both
               ,
               we
               were
               faine
               both
               to
               bestirre
               our selves
               ;
               marry
               that
               fell
               out
               very
               seldome
               ,
               for
               that
               no
               creatures
               there
               doe
               any
               whit
               more
               fear
               a
               man
               ,
               then
               they
               do
               a
               Goate
               or
               a
               Cow
               ;
               by
               reason
               thereof
               I
               found
               means
               easily
               to
               make
               tame
               divers
               sorts
               both
               of
               Birds
               &
               Beasts
               ,
               which
               I
               did
               in
               short
               time
               ,
               onely
               by
               muzzeling
               them
               ,
               so
               as
               till
               they
               came
               either
               unto
               me
               ,
               or
               else
               Diego
               ,
               they
               could
               not
               feed
               .
               At
               first
               I
               took
               great
               pleasure
               in
               a
               kinde
               of
               Partridges
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               made
               great
               use
               ,
               as
               also
               of
               a
               tame
               Fox
               I
               had
               .
               For
               whensoever
               I
               had
               any
               occasion
               to
               conferre
               with
               Diego
               ,
               I
               would
               take
               me
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               being
               hungry
               ,
               and
               tying
               a
               note
               about
               his
               neck
               ,
               beat
               him
               from
               me
               ,
               whereupon
               strait
               they
               would
               away
               to
               the
               Cave
               of
               Diego
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               found
               him
               not
               there
               ,
               still
               would
               they
               
               beat
               up
               and
               down
               all
               the
               West
               end
               of
               the
               Island
               ,
               till
               they
               had
               hunted
               him
               out
               ;
               yet
               this
               kinde
               of
               conveyance
               ,
               not
               being
               without
               some
               inconvenience
               ,
               needlesse
               here
               to
               be
               recited
               ;
               after
               a
               certaine
               space
               I
               perswaded
               Diego
               (
               who
               though
               he
               were
               a
               fellow
               of
               good
               parts
               ,
               was
               ever
               content
               to
               be
               ruled
               by
               me
               ,
               )
               to
               remove
               his
               habitation
               unto
               a
               promontory
               or
               cape
               upon
               the
               North-West
               part
               of
               the
               Island
               ,
               being
               ,
               though
               a
               league
               off
               ,
               yet
               within
               sight
               of
               my
               house
               and
               Chappell
               ;
               and
               then
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               the
               weather
               was
               fair
               ,
               we
               could
               at
               all
               times
               by
               signalls
               ,
               declare
               our
               minds
               each
               to
               other
               in
               an
               instant
               ,
               either
               by
               night
               ,
               or
               by
               day
               ;
               which
               was
               a
               thing
               I
               took
               great
               pleasure
               in
               .
            
             
               If
               in
               the
               night
               season
               I
               would
               signifie
               any
               thing
               to
               him
               ,
               I
               used
               to
               set
               up
               a
               light
               in
               the
               Tower
               or
               
               place
               where
               our
               bell
               hung
               :
               It
               is
               a
               pretty
               large
               roome
               ,
               having
               a
               faire
               window
               well
               glased
               ,
               and
               the
               walls
               within
               being
               plaistered
               ,
               were
               exceeding
               white
               ;
               by
               reason
               thereof
               ,
               though
               the
               light
               were
               but
               small
               ,
               it
               gave
               a
               great
               shew
               ,
               as
               also
               it
               would
               have
               done
               much
               further
               off
               ,
               if
               need
               had
               been
               .
               This
               light
               after
               I
               had
               let
               stand
               some
               half
               houre
               ,
               I
               used
               to
               cover
               :
               and
               then
               if
               I
               saw
               any
               signall
               of
               light
               againe
               from
               my
               companion
               at
               the
               cape
               ,
               I
               knew
               that
               he
               waited
               for
               my
               notice
               ,
               which
               perceiving
               ,
               by
               hiding
               and
               shewing
               my
               light
               ,
               according
               to
               a
               certain
               rule
               and
               agreement
               between
               us
               ,
               I
               certified
               him
               at
               pleasure
               what
               I
               list
               :
               The
               like
               course
               I
               took
               in
               the
               day
               to
               advertise
               him
               of
               my
               pleasure
               ,
               sometimes
               by
               smoake
               ,
               sometimes
               by
               dust
               ,
               sometimes
               by
               a
               more
               refined
               &
               more
               effectual
               way
               .
            
             
             
               But
               this
               Art
               containeth
               more
               mysteries
               than
               are
               to
               be
               set
               down
               in
               few
               words
               :
               Hereafter
               I
               will
               perhaps
               afford
               a
               discourse
               for
               it
               of
               purpose
               ,
               assuring
               my selfe
               that
               it
               may
               prove
               exceedingly
               profitable
               unto
               mankind
               ,
               being
               rightly
               used
               and
               well
               imployed
               :
               for
               that
               which
               a
               messenger
               cannot
               perform
               in
               many
               dayes
               ,
               this
               may
               dispatch
               in
               a
               peece
               of
               an
               houre
               .
               Well
               ,
               I
               notwithstanding
               after
               a
               while
               grew
               weary
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               being
               too
               painfull
               for
               me
               ,
               and
               betooke
               me
               again
               to
               my
               winged
               messengers
               .
            
             
               Upon
               the
               Sea-shore
               ,
               especially
               about
               the
               mouth
               of
               our
               River
               ,
               I
               found
               great
               store
               of
               a
               certain
               kinde
               of
               wild
               Swan
               (
               before
               mentioned
               )
               feeding
               almost
               altogether
               upon
               the
               prey
               ,
               and
               (
               that
               which
               is
               somewhat
               strange
               ,
               )
               partly
               of
               Fish
               ,
               partly
               of
               Birds
               ,
               having
               (
               which
               is
               also
               no
               lesse
               
               strange
               )
               one
               foot
               with
               Clawes
               ,
               talons
               ,
               and
               pounces
               ,
               like
               an
               Eagle
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               whole
               like
               a
               Swan
               or
               water-fowl
               .
               These
               birds
               using
               to
               breed
               there
               in
               infinite
               numbers
               ,
               I
               tooke
               some
               30.
               or
               40.
               young
               ones
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               bred
               them
               up
               by
               hand
               ,
               partly
               for
               my
               recreation
               ,
               partly
               also
               as
               having
               in
               my
               head
               some
               rudiments
               of
               that
               device
               ,
               which
               afterward
               I
               put
               in
               practise
               .
               These
               being
               strong
               and
               able
               to
               continue
               a
               great
               flight
               ,
               I
               taught
               them
               first
               to
               come
               at
               call
               affar
               off
               ,
               not
               using
               any
               noise
               but
               only
               the
               shew
               of
               a
               white
               Cloth.
               And
               surely
               in
               them
               I
               found
               it
               true
               that
               is
               delivered
               by
               Plutarch
               ,
               how
               that
               
                 Animalia
                 Carnivora
              
               ,
               they
               are
               
                 dociliora
                 quam
                 alterius
                 cujusvis
                 generis
              
               .
               It
               were
               a
               wonder
               to
               tell
               what
               tricks
               I
               had
               taught
               them
               ,
               by
               that
               time
               they
               were
               a
               quarter
               old
               ;
               amongst
               other
               things
               I
               used
               them
               by
               little
               
               and
               little
               to
               fly
               with
               burthens
               ,
               wherein
               I
               found
               them
               able
               above
               all
               credit
               ,
               and
               brought
               them
               to
               that
               passe
               ,
               as
               that
               a
               white
               sheet
               being
               displayed
               unto
               them
               by
               Diego
               upon
               the
               side
               of
               a
               hill
               ,
               they
               would
               carry
               from
               me
               unto
               him
               ,
               Bread
               ,
               Flesh
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               thing
               I
               list
               to
               send
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               like
               call
               return
               unto
               me
               again
               .
            
             
               Having
               prevailed
               thus
               farre
               ,
               I
               began
               to
               cast
               in
               my
               head
               how
               I
               might
               doe
               to
               joyne
               a
               number
               of
               them
               together
               in
               bearing
               of
               some
               great
               burthen
               :
               which
               if
               I
               could
               bring
               to
               passe
               ,
               I
               might
               enable
               a
               man
               to
               fly
               ,
               and
               be
               carried
               in
               the
               aire
               to
               some
               certain
               place
               safe
               and
               without
               hurt
               .
               In
               this
               cogitation
               having
               much
               laboured
               my
               wits
               ,
               and
               made
               some
               triall
               ,
               I
               found
               by
               experience
               ,
               that
               if
               many
               were
               put
               to
               the
               bearing
               of
               one
               great
               burthen
               ,
               by
               reason
               it
               was
               not
               possible
               
               all
               of
               them
               should
               rise
               together
               just
               in
               one
               instant
               ,
               the
               first
               that
               raised
               himself
               upon
               his
               wings
               finding
               himself
               stayed
               by
               a
               weight
               heavier
               than
               he
               could
               move
               or
               stir
               ,
               would
               by
               and
               by
               give
               over
               ,
               as
               also
               would
               the
               second
               ,
               third
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               .
               I
               devised
               (
               therefore
               )
               at
               last
               a
               means
               how
               each
               of
               them
               might
               rise
               carrying
               but
               his
               own
               proportion
               of
               weight
               only
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               thus
               .
            
             
               I
               fastned
               about
               every
               one
               of
               my
               
                 Gans
                 '
                 as
              
               a
               little
               pulley
               of
               Corke
               ,
               and
               putting
               a
               string
               through
               it
               of
               meetly
               length
               ,
               I
               fastened
               the
               one
               end
               thereof
               unto
               a
               blocke
               almost
               of
               eight
               Pound
               weight
               ,
               unto
               the
               other
               end
               of
               the
               string
               I
               tied
               a
               poyse
               weighing
               some
               two
               Pound
               ,
               which
               being
               done
               ,
               and
               causing
               the
               signall
               to
               be
               erected
               ,
               they
               presently
               rose
               all
               (
               being
               4
               in
               number
               ,
               )
               and
               carried
               away
               my
               blocke
               unto
               the
               place
               
               appointed
               .
               This
               falling
               out
               according
               to
               my
               hope
               and
               desire
               .
               I
               made
               proof
               afterwards
               ,
               but
               using
               the
               help
               of
               two
               or
               three
               birds
               more
               ,
               in
               a
               Lamb
               ,
               whose
               happiness
               I
               much
               envied
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               be
               the
               first
               living
               creature
               to
               take
               possession
               of
               such
               a
               device
               .
            
             
               At
               last
               after
               divers
               tryalls
               I
               was
               surprized
               with
               a
               great
               longing
               ,
               to
               cause
               my self
               to
               be
               carried
               in
               the
               like
               sort
               ,
               Diego
               my
               Moore
               was
               likewise
               possessed
               with
               the
               same
               desire
               ,
               and
               but
               that
               otherwise
               I
               loved
               him
               well
               ,
               and
               had
               need
               of
               his
               help
               ,
               I
               should
               have
               taken
               that
               his
               ambitious
               affection
               in
               very
               evill
               part
               :
               for
               I
               hold
               it
               farre
               more
               honour
               to
               have
               been
               the
               first
               flying
               man
               ,
               then
               to
               be
               another
               Neptune
               that
               first
               adventured
               to
               sayle
               upon
               the
               Sea.
               Howbeit
               not
               seeming
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               the
               mark
               he
               aimed
               at
               ,
               I
               only
               told
               
               him
               (
               which
               also
               I
               take
               to
               be
               true
               )
               that
               all
               my
               Gansa's
               were
               not
               of
               sufficient
               strength
               to
               carry
               him
               ,
               being
               a
               man
               ,
               though
               of
               no
               great
               stature
               ,
               yet
               twice
               my
               weight
               at
               least
               .
               So
               upon
               a
               time
               having
               provided
               all
               things
               necessary
               ,
               I
               placed
               my selfe
               with
               all
               my
               trinckets
               ,
               upon
               the
               top
               of
               a
               rocke
               at
               the
               Rivers
               mouth
               ,
               and
               putting
               my self
               at
               full
               Sea
               upon
               an
               Engine
               (
               the
               description
               whereof
               ensueth
               )
               I
               caused
               Diego
               to
               advance
               his
               Signall
               :
               whereupon
               my
               Birds
               presently
               arose
               ,
               25.
               in
               number
               ,
               and
               carried
               me
               over
               lustily
               to
               the
               other
               rocke
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               being
               about
               a
               Quarter
               of
               a
               league
               .
            
             
             
             
               The
               reason
               why
               I
               chose
               that
               time
               and
               place
               ,
               was
               that
               I
               thought
               somewhat
               might
               perchance
               fall
               out
               in
               this
               enterprize
               contrary
               to
               my
               expectation
               ,
               in
               which
               case
               I
               assured
               my self
               the
               worst
               that
               could
               be
               ,
               was
               but
               to
               fall
               into
               the
               water
               ,
               where
               being
               able
               to
               swim
               well
               ,
               I
               hoped
               to
               receive
               little
               or
               no
               hurt
               in
               my
               fal
               .
               But
               when
               I
               was
               once
               over
               in
               safety
               ,
               O
               how
               did
               my
               heart
               even
               swell
               with
               joy
               and
               admiration
               of
               mine
               owne
               invention
               !
               How
               often
               did
               I
               wish
               my self
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               Spaine
               ,
               that
               speedily
               I
               might
               fill
               the
               world
               with
               the
               fame
               of
               my
               glory
               and
               renown
               ?
               Every
               houre
               wished
               I
               with
               great
               longing
               for
               the
               Indian
               Fleet
               to
               take
               me
               home
               with
               them
               ,
               but
               they
               stayed
               (
               by
               what
               mischance
               I
               do
               not
               know
               )
               3
               Moneths
               beyond
               the
               accustomed
               time
               .
            
             
               At
               last
               they
               came
               being
               in
               number
               
               3
               Carickes
               sore
               weather-beaten
               ,
               their
               people
               being
               for
               the
               most
               part
               sick
               and
               exceeding
               weak
               ,
               so
               as
               they
               were
               constrained
               to
               refresh
               themselves
               in
               our
               Island
               one
               whole
               moneth
               .
            
             
               The
               Captaine
               of
               our
               Admirall
               was
               called
               
                 Alphonso
                 de
                 Xima
              
               ,
               a
               Valiant
               man
               ,
               wise
               ,
               and
               desirous
               of
               renown
               ,
               and
               worthy
               better
               fortune
               then
               afterward
               befell
               him
               .
               Unto
               him
               I
               opened
               the
               device
               of
               my
               Gansa's
               ,
               well
               knowing
               how
               impossible
               it
               were
               otherwise
               to
               perswade
               him
               to
               take
               in
               so
               many
               Birds
               into
               the
               Ship
               ,
               that
               would
               be
               more
               troublesome
               (
               for
               the
               nicenesse
               of
               provision
               to
               be
               made
               for
               them
               ,
               )
               then
               so
               many
               men
               ;
               Yet
               I
               adjured
               him
               by
               all
               manner
               of
               Oaths
               ,
               and
               perswasions
               ,
               to
               afford
               me
               both
               true
               dealing
               ,
               and
               secrecy
               .
               Of
               the
               last
               I
               doubted
               not
               much
               ,
               as
               assuring
               my
               
               selfe
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               dare
               to
               impart
               the
               device
               to
               any
               other
               ,
               before
               our
               King
               were
               acquainted
               with
               it
               .
               Of
               the
               first
               I
               feared
               much
               more
               ,
               namely
               ,
               lest
               Ambition
               ,
               and
               the
               desire
               of
               drawing
               unto
               himself
               the
               honour
               of
               such
               an
               invention
               ,
               should
               cause
               him
               to
               make
               me
               away
               ;
               yet
               I
               was
               forced
               to
               run
               the
               hazard
               ,
               except
               I
               would
               adventure
               the
               losse
               of
               my
               Birds
               ,
               the
               like
               whereof
               for
               my
               purpose
               were
               not
               to
               be
               had
               in
               all
               Christendome
               ,
               nor
               any
               that
               I
               could
               be
               sure
               ,
               would
               ever
               serve
               the
               turne
               .
               Well
               ,
               that
               doubt
               in
               proofe
               fell
               out
               to
               be
               causeless
               :
               the
               man
               I
               thinke
               was
               honest
               of
               himself
               :
               but
               had
               he
               dealt
               treacherously
               with
               me
               ,
               I
               had
               laid
               a
               plot
               for
               the
               discovery
               of
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               might
               easily
               judge
               I
               would
               ,
               which
               peradventure
               somewhat
               moved
               him
               ,
               yet
               God
               knowes
               how
               he
               might
               have
               used
               me
               ,
               before
               
               my
               arrivall
               in
               Spain
               ,
               if
               in
               the
               meane
               course
               we
               had
               not
               been
               intercepted
               ,
               as
               you
               shall
               heare
               .
               Upon
               Thursday
               the
               21.
               of
               June
               ,
               to
               wit
               in
               the
               yeare
               ,
               1599.
               we
               set
               saile
               towards
               Spaine
               ,
               I
               having
               allowed
               me
               a
               very
               convenient
               Cabin
               for
               my
               Birds
               ,
               and
               stowage
               also
               for
               mine
               Engine
               ,
               which
               the
               Captaine
               would
               have
               had
               me
               leave
               behinde
               me
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               a
               mervaile
               I
               had
               not
               ,
               but
               my
               good
               fortune
               therein
               saved
               my
               life
               ,
               and
               gave
               me
               that
               which
               I
               esteeme
               more
               than
               an
               hundred
               lives
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               them
               :
               for
               thus
               it
               fell
               out
               ,
               after
               two
               moneths
               saile
               ,
               we
               encountred
               with
               a
               fleet
               of
               the
               English
               ,
               some
               ten
               leagues
               from
               the
               Island
               of
               Tenerik
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               Canaries
               ,
               which
               is
               famous
               through
               the
               World
               ,
               for
               a
               Hill
               upon
               the
               same
               called
               
                 el
                 Pico
              
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               be
               discerned
               and
               kenned
               upon
               the
               Sea
               ,
               no
               
               less
               than
               100.
               leagues
               off
               .
               We
               had
               aboard
               us
               5.
               times
               the
               number
               of
               people
               that
               they
               had
               ;
               we
               were
               well
               provided
               of
               munition
               ,
               and
               our
               men
               in
               good
               health
               :
               yet
               seeing
               them
               disposed
               to
               fight
               ,
               and
               knowing
               what
               infinite
               riches
               we
               carried
               with
               us
               ,
               we
               thought
               it
               a
               wiser
               way
               to
               fly
               ,
               if
               we
               might
               ,
               than
               by
               encountring
               a
               company
               of
               dangerous
               fellows
               ,
               to
               hazard
               not
               onely
               our
               own
               lives
               ,
               (
               which
               a
               man
               of
               valour
               in
               such
               a
               case
               esteemeth
               not
               )
               but
               the
               estates
               of
               many
               poor
               Merchants
               ,
               who
               I
               am
               afraid
               were
               utterly
               undone
               by
               miscarriage
               of
               that
               business
               .
               Our
               Fleet
               then
               consisted
               of
               5.
               sail
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               3.
               
               Carracks
               ,
               a
               Bark
               ,
               and
               a
               Caravel
               ,
               that
               coming
               from
               the
               Isle
               of
               Saint
               Thomas
               ,
               had
               (
               in
               an
               evil
               hour
               for
               him
               )
               overtaken
               us
               some
               few
               dayes
               before
               .
            
             
               The
               English
               had
               3.
               
               Ships
               very
               
               well
               appointed
               ,
               and
               no
               sooner
               spied
               ,
               but
               they
               began
               to
               play
               for
               us
               ,
               and
               changing
               their
               course
               ,
               as
               we
               might
               well
               perceive
               ,
               endeavoured
               straightway
               to
               bring
               us
               under
               their
               lee
               ,
               which
               they
               might
               well
               do
               (
               as
               the
               wind
               stood
               )
               especially
               being
               light
               nimble
               vessels
               ,
               and
               yare
               of
               sail
               ,
               as
               for
               the
               most
               part
               all
               the
               English
               shipping
               is
               ,
               whereas
               ours
               was
               heavy
               ,
               deep
               laden
               ,
               foul
               with
               the
               Sea
               :
               our
               Captain
               therefore
               resolved
               peradventure
               wisely
               enough
               (
               but
               I
               am
               sure
               neither
               valiantly
               ,
               not
               fortunately
               )
               to
               fly
               ,
               commanding
               us
               to
               disperse
               our selves
               :
               the
               Caravel
               by
               reason
               of
               too
               much
               hast
               fell
               foul
               upon
               one
               of
               the
               Carracks
               ,
               and
               bruised
               her
               so
               ,
               as
               one
               of
               the
               English
               that
               had
               undertaken
               her
               ,
               easily
               fetcht
               her
               up
               ,
               and
               entred
               her
               :
               as
               for
               the
               Caravel
               ,
               she
               sank
               immediately
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               us
               all
               .
               The
               
               Bark
               (
               for
               ought
               I
               could
               perceive
               )
               no
               man
               making
               after
               her
               ,
               escaped
               unpursued
               ;
               and
               another
               of
               our
               Carracks
               after
               some
               chase
               ,
               was
               given
               over
               by
               the
               English
               ,
               that
               making
               account
               to
               finde
               a
               booty
               good
               enough
               of
               us
               ,
               and
               having
               us
               between
               them
               and
               their
               third
               companion
               ,
               made
               upon
               us
               with
               might
               and
               main
               .
               Wherefore
               our
               Captain
               that
               was
               aboord
               us
               ,
               gave
               direction
               to
               runne
               aland
               upon
               the
               Isle
               ,
               the
               Port
               whereof
               we
               could
               not
               recover
               ,
               saying
               ,
               that
               he
               hoped
               to
               save
               some
               of
               the
               goods
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               our
               lives
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               he
               had
               rather
               should
               be
               lost
               ,
               than
               commit
               all
               to
               the
               mercy
               of
               the
               Enemy
               .
               When
               I
               heard
               of
               that
               resolution
               ,
               seeing
               the
               Sea
               to
               work
               high
               ,
               and
               knowing
               all
               the
               Coast
               to
               be
               full
               of
               blind
               Rocks
               ,
               and
               Shoals
               ,
               so
               as
               our
               Ves●ell
               might
               not
               possibly
               
               come
               near
               land
               ,
               before
               it
               must
               needs
               be
               rent
               in
               a
               thousand
               pieces
               ,
               I
               went
               unto
               the
               Captain
               ,
               shewing
               him
               the
               desperateness
               of
               the
               course
               he
               intended
               ,
               wishing
               him
               rather
               to
               try
               the
               mercy
               of
               the
               enemy
               ,
               than
               so
               to
               cast
               away
               himself
               ,
               and
               so
               many
               brave
               men
               :
               but
               he
               would
               not
               hear
               me
               by
               any
               means
               ;
               whereupon
               discerning
               it
               to
               be
               high
               time
               to
               shift
               for
               my self
               ,
               first
               ,
               I
               sought
               out
               my
               Box
               or
               little
               Casket
               of
               stones
               ,
               and
               having
               put
               it
               into
               my
               sleeve
               ,
               I
               then
               betook
               me
               to
               my
               Gansa's
               ,
               put
               them
               upon
               my
               Engine
               ,
               and
               my self
               upon
               it
               ,
               trusting
               (
               as
               indeed
               it
               happily
               fell
               out
               )
               that
               when
               the
               Ship
               should
               split
               ,
               my
               Birds
               ,
               although
               they
               wanted
               their
               Signal
               ,
               of
               themselves
               ,
               and
               for
               safeguard
               of
               their
               own
               lives
               (
               which
               nature
               hath
               taught
               every
               living
               creature
               to
               preserve
               
               to
               their
               power
               )
               would
               make
               towards
               the
               Land
               ;
               which
               fell
               out
               well
               (
               I
               thank
               God
               ,
               )
               according
               to
               mine
               expectation
               .
               The
               people
               of
               our
               Ship
               marvelled
               about
               what
               I
               went
               ,
               none
               of
               them
               being
               acquainted
               with
               the
               use
               of
               my
               Birds
               ,
               but
               the
               Captain
               ,
               for
               Diego
               was
               in
               the
               Rosaria
               ,
               the
               Ship
               that
               fled
               away
               unpursued
               ,
               (
               as
               before
               I
               told
               you
               :
               )
               some
               half
               a
               league
               we
               were
               from
               the
               Land
               ,
               when
               our
               Carrack
               struck
               upon
               a
               Rock
               ,
               and
               split
               immediately
               :
               whereupon
               I
               let
               loose
               unto
               my
               Birds
               the
               reins
               ,
               having
               first
               placed
               my self
               upon
               the
               highest
               of
               the
               Deck
               :
               and
               with
               the
               shock
               they
               all
               arose
               ,
               carrying
               me
               fortunately
               unto
               the
               Land
               ,
               whereof
               ,
               whether
               I
               were
               well
               apaid
               ,
               you
               need
               not
               doubt
               :
               but
               a
               pitifull
               sight
               it
               was
               unto
               me
               ,
               to
               behold
               my
               friends
               and
               acquaintance
               in
               that
               miserable
               distress
               ,
               
               of
               whom
               (
               notwithstanding
               )
               many
               escaped
               better
               than
               they
               had
               any
               reason
               to
               hope
               for
               .
               For
               the
               English
               launching
               out
               their
               Cock-boats
               ,
               like
               men
               of
               more
               noble
               ,
               and
               generous
               disposition
               than
               we
               are
               pleased
               to
               esteem
               them
               ,
               taking
               compassion
               upon
               them
               ,
               used
               all
               the
               diligence
               they
               could
               to
               help
               such
               as
               had
               any
               means
               to
               save
               themselves
               from
               the
               fury
               of
               the
               waves
               ,
               and
               that
               even
               with
               their
               own
               danger
               :
               amongst
               many
               ,
               they
               took
               up
               our
               Captain
               ,
               who
               (
               as
               Father
               Pacio
               could
               since
               tell
               me
               )
               having
               put
               himself
               into
               his
               Cock
               ,
               with
               12.
               others
               ,
               was
               induced
               to
               yield
               himself
               unto
               one
               Captain
               Rymundo
               ,
               who
               carried
               him
               together
               with
               our
               Pilot
               along
               in
               their
               voyage
               with
               them
               ,
               being
               bound
               for
               the
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               ;
               but
               their
               hard
               hap
               was
               by
               a
               breach
               of
               the
               Sea
               near
               
               the
               Cape
               of
               
                 Buona
                 Esperanca
              
               ,
               to
               be
               swallowed
               of
               the
               merciless
               Waves
               ,
               whose
               fury
               a
               little
               before
               they
               had
               so
               hardly
               escaped
               .
               The
               rest
               of
               them
               (
               as
               I
               likewise
               heard
               )
               and
               they
               were
               in
               all
               some
               26.
               persons
               that
               they
               took
               into
               their
               ship
               ,
               they
               set
               them
               aland
               soon
               after
               at
               
                 Cape
                 Verde
              
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               my self
               ,
               being
               now
               ashore
               in
               a
               Country
               inhabited
               for
               the
               most
               part
               by
               Spaniards
               ,
               I
               reckoned
               my self
               in
               safety
               .
               Howbeit
               I
               quickly
               found
               the
               Reckoning
               ,
               I
               so
               made
               ,
               mine
               Host
               had
               not
               been
               acquainted
               withall
               ;
               for
               it
               was
               my
               chance
               to
               pitch
               upon
               that
               part
               of
               the
               Isle
               ,
               where
               the
               Hill
               before
               mentioned
               beginneth
               to
               rise
               .
               And
               it
               is
               inhabited
               by
               a
               Savage
               kinde
               of
               people
               ,
               that
               live
               upon
               the
               sides
               of
               that
               Hill
               ,
               the
               top
               whereof
               is
               alwayes
               covered
               with
               Snow
               ,
               and
               held
               for
               the
               monstrous
               height
               and
               steepness
               not
               to
               
               be
               accessible
               either
               for
               man
               or
               beast
               .
               Howbeit
               these
               Savages
               fearing
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               between
               whom
               and
               them
               there
               is
               a
               kinde
               of
               continual
               war
               )
               hold
               themselves
               as
               near
               the
               top
               of
               that
               hill
               as
               they
               can
               ,
               where
               they
               have
               divers
               places
               of
               good
               strength
               ,
               never
               coming
               down
               into
               the
               fruitfull
               Valleys
               ,
               but
               to
               prey
               upon
               what
               they
               can
               find
               there
               .
               It
               was
               the
               chance
               of
               a
               company
               of
               them
               to
               espy
               me
               within
               some
               hours
               space
               after
               my
               Landing
               :
               They
               thinking
               they
               had
               light
               upon
               a
               booty
               ,
               made
               towards
               me
               with
               all
               the
               speed
               they
               could
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               privily
               as
               that
               I
               could
               not
               perceive
               their
               purpose
               before
               they
               came
               near
               to
               me
               by
               half
               a
               quarter
               of
               a
               league
               ;
               seeing
               them
               come
               down
               the
               side
               of
               a
               Hill
               with
               great
               speed
               directly
               towards
               me
               ,
               divers
               of
               them
               carrying
               long
               Staves
               ,
               besides
               other
               weapons
               ,
               
               which
               ,
               because
               of
               their
               distance
               from
               me
               ,
               I
               might
               not
               discern
               .
               I
               thought
               it
               high
               time
               to
               bestir
               me
               ,
               and
               shift
               for
               my self
               ,
               and
               by
               all
               means
               to
               keep
               my self
               out
               of
               the
               fingers
               of
               such
               slaves
               ,
               who
               had
               they
               caught
               me
               ,
               for
               the
               hatred
               they
               bear
               to
               us
               Spaniards
               ,
               had
               surely
               hewed
               me
               all
               to
               pieces
               .
            
             
               The
               Country
               in
               that
               place
               was
               bare
               ,
               without
               the
               coverture
               of
               any
               wood
               :
               But
               the
               mountain
               before
               spoken
               of
               ,
               beginning
               even
               there
               to
               lift
               up
               it self
               ,
               I
               espied
               in
               the
               side
               of
               the
               same
               a
               white
               cliff
               ,
               which
               I
               trusted
               my
               Gansa's
               would
               take
               for
               a
               signal
               ,
               and
               being
               put
               off
               ;
               would
               make
               all
               that
               way
               ,
               whereby
               I
               might
               quickly
               be
               carried
               so
               far
               ,
               as
               those
               barbarous
               Cullions
               should
               not
               be
               able
               to
               overtake
               me
               ,
               before
               I
               had
               recovered
               the
               dwelling
               of
               some
               Spaniard
               ,
               or
               at
               least-wise
               might
               have
               
               time
               to
               hide
               my self
               from
               them
               ,
               till
               that
               in
               the
               night
               ,
               by
               help
               of
               the
               stars
               ,
               I
               might
               guide
               my self
               toward
               
                 Las
                 Loeguna
              
               ,
               the
               City
               of
               that
               Island
               ,
               which
               was
               about
               one
               league
               off
               ,
               as
               I
               think
               .
               Wherefore
               with
               all
               the
               celerity
               that
               might
               be
               ,
               I
               put
               my self
               upon
               mine
               Engine
               ,
               and
               let
               loose
               the
               reins
               unto
               my
               Gansa's
               ;
               It
               was
               my
               good
               fortune
               that
               they
               took
               all
               one
               way
               ,
               although
               not
               just
               that
               way
               I
               aimed
               at
               .
               But
               what
               then
               ?
               O
               Reader
               ,
               
                 Arrige
                 aures
              
               ,
               prepare
               thy self
               unto
               the
               hearing
               of
               the
               strangest
               Chance
               that
               ever
               happened
               to
               any
               mortal
               man
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               know
               thou
               wilt
               not
               have
               the
               Grace
               to
               believe
               ,
               till
               thou
               feest
               it
               seconded
               with
               Iteration
               of
               Experiments
               in
               the
               like
               ,
               as
               many
               a
               one
               ,
               I
               trust
               ,
               thou
               mayst
               in
               short
               time
               ;
               My
               Gansa's
               ,
               like
               so
               many
               horses
               that
               had
               gotten
               the
               bit
               between
               
               their
               teeth
               ,
               made
               (
               I
               say
               )
               not
               towards
               the
               Cliff
               I
               aimed
               at
               ,
               although
               I
               used
               my
               wonted
               means
               to
               direct
               the
               Leader
               of
               the
               Flock
               that
               way
               ,
               but
               with
               might
               and
               main
               took
               up
               towards
               the
               top
               of
               
                 El
                 Pico
              
               ,
               and
               did
               never
               stay
               till
               they
               came
               there
               ,
               a
               place
               where
               they
               say
               never
               man
               came
               before
               ,
               being
               in
               all
               estimation
               at
               least
               15
               leagues
               in
               height
               perpendicularly
               upward
               ,
               above
               the
               ordinary
               level
               of
               the
               Land
               and
               Sea.
               
            
             
             
             
               What
               manner
               of
               place
               I
               found
               there
               ,
               I
               should
               gladly
               relate
               unto
               you
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               make
               haste
               to
               matters
               of
               far
               greater
               Importance
               .
               There
               when
               I
               was
               set
               down
               ,
               I
               saw
               my
               poor
               Gansa's
               fall
               to
               panting
               and
               blowing
               gaping
               forbreath
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               would
               all
               presently
               have
               died
               :
               where
               fore
               I
               thought
               it
               not
               good
               to
               trouble
               them
               a
               while
               ,
               forbearing
               to
               draw
               them
               in
               ,
               (
               which
               they
               never
               wont
               to
               endure
               without
               strugling
               )
               and
               little
               expecting
               that
               which
               followed
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               now
               the
               season
               that
               these
               Birds
               were
               wont
               to
               take
               their
               flight
               away
               ,
               as
               our
               Cuckoes
               and
               Swallows
               do
               in
               Spain
               ,
               towards
               the
               Autumn
               .
               They
               (
               as
               after
               I
               perceived
               )
               mindfull
               of
               their
               usual
               voyage
               ,
               even
               as
               I
               began
               to
               settle
               my self
               for
               the
               taking
               of
               them
               in
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               with
               one
               consent
               ,
               rose
               up
               ,
               and
               having
               no
               other
               place
               higher
               to
               
               make
               toward
               ,
               to
               my
               unspeakable
               fear
               and
               amazement
               strook
               bolt
               upright
               ,
               and
               never
               did
               lin
               towring
               upward
               ,
               and
               still
               upward
               ,
               for
               the
               space
               ,
               as
               I
               might
               guess
               ,
               of
               one
               whole
               hour
               ;
               toward
               the
               end
               of
               which
               time
               ,
               methought
               I
               might
               perceive
               them
               to
               labour
               less
               and
               less
               ;
               till
               at
               length
               ,
               O
               incredible
               thing
               !
               they
               forbare
               moving
               anything
               at
               all
               and
               yet
               remained
               unmoveable
               as
               stedfastly
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               had
               been
               upon
               so
               many
               perches
               ,
               the
               Lines
               s●●cked
               ;
               neither
               I
               ,
               nor
               the
               Engine
               moved
               at
               all
               ,
               but
               abode
               still
               ,
               as
               having
               no
               manner
               of
               weight
               .
            
             
               I
               found
               then
               by
               this
               Experience
               that
               which
               no
               Philosopher
               ever
               dreamed
               of
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               that
               those
               things
               which
               we
               call
               heavy
               ,
               do
               not
               sink
               towards
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               as
               their
               natural
               place
               ,
               but
               as
               drawn
               by
               a
               secret
               property
               of
               the
               Globe
               of
               
               the
               Earth
               ,
               or
               rather
               some
               thing
               within
               the
               same
               ,
               in
               like
               sort
               as
               the
               Load-stone
               draweth
               Iron
               ,
               being
               within
               the
               compass
               of
               the
               beams
               attractive
               .
            
             
               For
               though
               it
               be
               true
               that
               there
               they
               could
               abide
               unmoved
               without
               the
               prop
               or
               sustentation
               of
               any
               corporal
               thing
               ,
               other
               than
               the
               air
               ,
               as
               easily
               and
               quietly
               as
               a
               fish
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               water
               ,
               yet
               forcing
               themselves
               never
               so
               little
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               possible
               to
               imagine
               with
               what
               swiftness
               and
               celerity
               they
               were
               carried
               ,
               and
               whether
               it
               were
               upward
               ,
               downward
               ,
               or
               sidelong
               ,
               all
               was
               one
               .
               Truly
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               the
               horrour
               and
               amazement
               of
               that
               place
               was
               such
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               had
               not
               been
               armed
               with
               a
               true
               Spanish
               courage
               and
               resolution
               ,
               I
               must
               needs
               have
               dyed
               there
               with
               very
               fear
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               next
               thing
               that
               did
               most
               
               trouble
               me
               ,
               was
               the
               swiftness
               of
               Motion
               ,
               such
               as
               did
               even
               almost
               stop
               my
               breath
               ;
               If
               I
               should
               liken
               it
               to
               an
               Arrow
               out
               of
               a
               Bow
               ,
               or
               to
               a
               stone
               cast
               down
               from
               the
               top
               of
               some
               high
               tower
               ,
               it
               would
               come
               far
               short
               ,
               and
               short
               .
            
             
               Another
               thing
               there
               was
               exceeding
               ,
               and
               more
               than
               exceeding
               ,
               troublesome
               unto
               me
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               the
               Illusions
               of
               Devils
               and
               wicked
               spirits
               ,
               who
               ,
               the
               first
               day
               of
               my
               arrival
               ,
               came
               about
               me
               in
               great
               numbers
               ,
               carrying
               the
               shapes
               and
               likeness
               of
               men
               and
               women
               ,
               wondring
               at
               me
               like
               so
               many
               Birds
               about
               an
               Owl
               ,
               and
               speaking
               divers
               kindes
               of
               Languages
               which
               I
               understood
               not
               ,
               till
               at
               last
               I
               did
               light
               upon
               them
               that
               spake
               very
               good
               Spanish
               ,
               some
               Dutch
               ,
               and
               other
               some
               Italian
               ,
               for
               all
               these
               Languages
               I
               understood
               .
            
             
               And
               here
               I
               saw
               onely
               a
               touch
               of
               
               the
               Suns
               absence
               for
               a
               little
               while
               once
               ,
               ever
               after
               having
               him
               in
               my
               sight
               .
               Now
               to
               yeeld
               you
               satisfaction
               in
               the
               other
               ,
               you
               shall
               understand
               that
               my
               Gansa's
               ,
               although
               entangled
               in
               my
               line
               ,
               might
               easily
               find
               means
               to
               seize
               upon
               divers
               kinds
               of
               Fly●s
               and
               Birds
               ,
               as
               especially
               Swallows
               ,
               and
               Cuckoes
               ,
               whereof
               there
               were
               multitudes
               ,
               as
               Motes
               in
               the
               Sunne
               ;
               although
               ,
               to
               say
               the
               truth
               ,
               I
               never
               saw
               them
               to
               feed
               any
               thing
               at
               all
               .
               As
               for
               my self
               ,
               in
               truth
               I
               was
               much
               beholding
               unto
               those
               same
               ,
               whether
               men
               or
               Devils
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               that
               amongst
               divers
               speeches
               ,
               which
               I
               will
               forbeare
               awhile
               to
               relate
               ,
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               if
               I
               would
               follow
               their
               directions
               ,
               I
               should
               not
               onely
               be
               brought
               safely
               to
               my
               home
               ,
               but
               also
               be
               assured
               to
               have
               the
               command
               of
               all
               pleasures
               of
               that
               place
               ,
               at
               all
               times
               .
            
             
             
               To
               the
               which
               motions
               not
               daring
               to
               make
               a
               flat
               deniall
               ,
               I
               prayed
               a
               time
               to
               think
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               withall
               intreated
               them
               (
               though
               I
               felt
               no
               hunger
               at
               all
               ,
               which
               may
               seeme
               strange
               )
               to
               help
               me
               with
               some
               victualls
               ,
               least
               in
               the
               meane
               while
               I
               should
               starve
               .
               They
               did
               so
               readily
               enough
               ,
               and
               brought
               mee
               very
               good
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               Fish
               of
               divers
               sorts
               well
               dressed
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               was
               exceeding
               fresh
               ,
               and
               without
               any
               manner
               of
               relish
               of
               salt
               .
            
             
               Wine
               also
               I
               tasted
               there
               of
               divers
               sorts
               ,
               as
               good
               as
               any
               in
               Spain
               ,
               and
               Beere
               ,
               no
               better
               in
               all
               Antwerp
               .
               They
               wished
               me
               then
               ,
               while
               I
               had
               meanes
               to
               make
               my
               provision
               ,
               telling
               me
               ,
               that
               till
               the
               next
               Thursday
               they
               could
               not
               help
               me
               to
               any
               more
               ,
               if
               happily
               then
               ;
               at
               what
               time
               also
               they
               would
               find
               means
               to
               carry
               me
               back
               ,
               and
               set
               me
               safe
               in
               
               Spain
               ,
               where
               I
               would
               wish
               to
               be
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               would
               become
               one
               of
               their
               fraternity
               ,
               and
               enter
               into
               such
               covenants
               and
               profession
               as
               they
               had
               made
               to
               their
               Master
               and
               Captain
               ,
               whom
               they
               would
               not
               name
               .
               I
               answered
               them
               gently
               for
               the
               time
               ,
               telling
               them
               ,
               I
               saw
               little
               reason
               to
               be
               very
               glad
               of
               such
               an
               offer
               ,
               praying
               them
               to
               be
               mindfull
               of
               me
               as
               occasion
               served
               .
            
             
               So
               for
               that
               time
               I
               was
               rid
               of
               them
               ,
               having
               first
               furnished
               my
               Pockets
               with
               as
               much
               Victuall
               as
               I
               could
               thrust
               in
               ,
               amongst
               the
               which
               I
               fail
               not
               to
               afford
               place
               for
               a
               little
               Botijo
               of
               good
               Canary
               wine
               .
            
             
               Now
               shall
               I
               declare
               unto
               you
               the
               quality
               of
               the
               place
               ,
               in
               which
               I
               then
               was
               .
               The
               Clouds
               I
               perceived
               to
               be
               all
               under
               me
               ,
               between
               me
               and
               the
               earth
               .
               The
               starrs
               ,
               by
               reason
               it
               was
               always
               day
               ,
               I
               saw
               at
               all
               times
               alike
               ,
               
               not
               shining
               bright
               ,
               as
               upon
               the
               earth
               we
               are
               wont
               to
               see
               them
               in
               the
               night
               time
               ;
               but
               of
               a
               whitish
               colour
               ,
               like
               that
               of
               the
               Moon
               in
               the
               day
               time
               with
               us
               :
               And
               such
               of
               them
               as
               were
               to
               be
               seen
               (
               which
               were
               not
               many
               )
               shewed
               farre
               greater
               than
               with
               us
               ,
               yea
               (
               as
               I
               should
               ghess
               )
               no
               lesse
               than
               ten
               times
               so
               great
               .
               As
               for
               the
               Moon
               being
               then
               within
               two
               dayes
               of
               the
               change
               ,
               she
               appeared
               of
               a
               huge
               and
               fearfull
               quantitie
               .
            
             
               This
               also
               is
               not
               to
               be
               forgotten
               ,
               that
               no
               starrs
               appeared
               but
               on
               that
               part
               of
               the
               Hemispheare
               that
               was
               next
               the
               Moon
               ,
               and
               the
               neerer
               to
               her
               the
               bigger
               in
               Quantity
               they
               shewed
               .
               Again
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               whether
               I
               lay
               quiet
               and
               rested
               ,
               or
               else
               were
               carried
               in
               the
               Aire
               ,
               I
               perceived
               my self
               still
               to
               be
               alwayes
               directly
               between
               the
               Moon
               
               and
               the
               earth
               .
               Whereby
               it
               appeareth
               ,
               not
               only
               that
               my
               Gansa's
               took
               none
               other
               way
               than
               directly
               toward
               the
               Moon
               ,
               but
               also
               ,
               that
               when
               we
               rested
               (
               as
               at
               first
               we
               did
               for
               many
               houres
               ,
               )
               either
               we
               were
               insensibly
               carried
               ,
               (
               for
               I
               perceived
               no
               such
               motion
               )
               round
               about
               the
               Globe
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               or
               else
               that
               (
               according
               to
               the
               late
               opinion
               of
               Copernicus
               ,
               )
               the
               Earth
               is
               carryed
               about
               ,
               and
               turneth
               round
               perpetually
               ,
               from
               West
               to
               the
               East
               ,
               leaving
               unto
               the
               Planets
               onely
               that
               motion
               which
               Astronomers
               call
               naturall
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               upon
               the
               Poles
               of
               the
               Equinoctiall
               ,
               commonly
               termed
               the
               Poles
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               but
               upon
               those
               of
               the
               Zodiake
               ;
               concerning
               which
               question
               ,
               I
               will
               speake
               more
               hereafter
               ,
               when
               I
               shall
               have
               leysure
               to
               call
               to
               my
               remēbrance
               the
               Astronomy
               that
               I
               learned
               being
               a
               young
               man
               at
               Salamanca
               ,
               
               but
               have
               now
               almost
               forgotten
               .
            
             
               The
               aire
               in
               that
               place
               I
               found
               quiet
               without
               any
               motion
               of
               wind
               ,
               and
               exceeding
               temperate
               ,
               neither
               hot
               nor
               cold
               ,
               as
               where
               neither
               the
               Sun-beames
               had
               any
               subject
               to
               reflect
               upon
               ,
               neither
               was
               yet
               either
               the
               earth
               or
               water
               so
               neer
               as
               to
               affect
               the
               aire
               with
               their
               naturall
               quality
               of
               coldnesse
               .
               As
               for
               that
               imagination
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               ,
               attributing
               heat
               together
               with
               moistnesse
               unto
               the
               ayre
               ,
               I
               never
               esteemed
               it
               otherwise
               than
               a
               fancy
               .
               Lastly
               now
               it
               is
               to
               be
               remembred
               that
               after
               my
               departure
               from
               the
               earth
               ,
               I
               never
               felt
               any
               appetite
               of
               hunger
               or
               thirst
               .
               Whether
               the
               purity
               of
               the
               Aire
               ,
               our
               proper
               element
               not
               being
               infected
               with
               any
               Vapors
               of
               the
               earth
               and
               water
               ,
               might
               yeeld
               nature
               sufficient
               nutriment
               ;
               or
               what
               
               else
               might
               be
               the
               cause
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               ,
               but
               so
               I
               found
               it
               ,
               although
               I
               perceived
               my self
               in
               perfect
               health
               of
               body
               ,
               having
               the
               use
               of
               all
               my
               Limbs
               and
               Senses
               ;
               and
               Strength
               both
               of
               Body
               and
               Minde
               ,
               rather
               beyond
               and
               above
               ,
               than
               any
               thing
               short
               of
               the
               pitch
               ,
               or
               wonted
               vigor
               .
               Now
               let
               us
               go
               on
               :
               and
               on
               we
               shall
               go
               more
               than
               apace
               .
            
             
               Not
               many
               houres
               after
               the
               departure
               of
               that
               develish
               companie
               from
               me
               ,
               my
               Gansa's
               began
               to
               bestir
               themselves
               ,
               still
               directing
               their
               course
               toward
               the
               globe
               or
               body
               of
               the
               Moon
               ,
               and
               they
               made
               their
               way
               with
               that
               incredible
               swiftness
               ,
               as
               I
               think
               they
               gained
               not
               so
               little
               as
               fifty
               Leagues
               in
               every
               hour
               .
               In
               that
               passage
               I
               noted
               three
               things
               very
               remarkeable
               ,
               one
               ,
               that
               the
               farther
               we
               went
               ,
               the
               lesser
               the
               globe
               of
               the
               Earth
               appeared
               to
               us
               ;
               whereas
               
               still
               on
               the
               contrary
               side
               the
               Moon
               shewed
               her self
               more
               &
               more
               monstrously
               huge
               .
            
             
               Again
               ,
               the
               Earth
               (
               which
               ever
               I
               held
               in
               mine
               eye
               )
               did
               as
               it
               were
               mask
               it self
               with
               a
               kind
               of
               brightness
               like
               another
               Moon
               ;
               and
               even
               as
               in
               the
               Moon
               we
               discerned
               certain
               spots
               or
               Clouds
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               so
               did
               I
               then
               in
               the
               earth
               .
               But
               whereas
               the
               forme
               of
               those
               spots
               in
               the
               Moon
               continue
               constantly
               one
               &
               the
               same
               ;
               these
               by
               little
               &
               little
               did
               change
               every
               hour
               .
               The
               reason
               thereof
               I
               conceive
               to
               be
               this
               ,
               that
               whereas
               the
               Earth
               ,
               according
               to
               her
               naturall
               motion
               ,
               (
               for
               that
               such
               a
               motion
               she
               hath
               ,
               I
               am
               now
               constrained
               to
               joyne
               in
               opinion
               with
               Copernicus
               ,
               )
               turneth
               round
               upon
               her
               own
               Axe
               every
               24.
               houres
               from
               the
               West
               unto
               the
               East
               :
               I
               should
               at
               the
               first
               see
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               body
               
               of
               this
               new
               starre
               a
               spot
               like
               unto
               a
               Peare
               that
               had
               a
               morsell
               bitten
               out
               upon
               the
               one
               side
               of
               him
               ;
               after
               certaine
               houres
               ,
               I
               should
               see
               that
               spot
               slide
               away
               to
               the
               East
               side
               .
               This
               no
               doubt
               was
               the
               maine
               of
               Affricke
               .
            
             
               Then
               should
               I
               perceive
               a
               great
               shining
               brightnesse
               to
               occupy
               that
               roome
               ,
               during
               the
               like
               time
               (
               which
               (
               was
               undoubtedly
               none
               other
               than
               the
               great
               Atlantick
               Ocean
               )
               .
               After
               that
               succeeded
               a
               spot
               almost
               of
               an
               Ovall
               form
               ,
               even
               just
               such
               as
               we
               see
               America
               to
               have
               in
               our
               Mapps
               .
               Thē
               another
               vast
               cleerness
               representing
               the
               
                 West
                 Ocean
              
               ;
               and
               lastly
               a
               medly
               of
               spots
               ,
               like
               the
               Countries
               of
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               .
               So
               that
               it
               seemed
               unto
               me
               no
               other
               than
               a
               huge
               Mathematicall
               Globe
               ,
               leasurely
               turned
               before
               me
               ,
               wherein
               successively
               ,
               all
               the
               Countries
               of
               our
               earthly
               world
               
               within
               the
               compasse
               of
               24.
               hours
               were
               represented
               to
               my
               sight
               .
               And
               this
               was
               all
               the
               meanes
               I
               had
               now
               to
               number
               the
               dayes
               ,
               and
               take
               reckoning
               of
               time
               .
            
             
               Philosophers
               and
               Mathematicians
               I
               would
               should
               now
               confesse
               the
               wilfulnesse
               of
               their
               own
               blindnesse
               .
               They
               have
               made
               the
               world
               believe
               hitherto
               ,
               that
               the
               Earth
               hath
               no
               motion
               .
               And
               to
               make
               that
               good
               ,
               they
               are
               fain
               to
               attribute
               unto
               all
               and
               every
               of
               the
               celestiall
               bodies
               two
               motions
               ,
               quite
               contrary
               each
               to
               other
               ;
               whereof
               one
               is
               from
               the
               East
               to
               the
               West
               ,
               to
               be
               performed
               in
               2●
               .
               hours
               ;
               (
               that
               they
               imagine
               to
               be
               forced
               ,
               
                 per
                 raptum
                 primi
                 Mobilis
              
               )
               the
               other
               from
               the
               West
               to
               the
               East
               in
               severall
               proportions
               .
            
             
               O
               incredible
               thing
               ,
               that
               those
               same
               huge
               bodies
               of
               the
               fixed
               stars
               in
               the
               highest
               orbe
               ,
               whereof
               divers
               
               are
               by
               themselves
               confessed
               to
               be
               more
               than
               one
               hundreth
               times
               as
               bigge
               as
               the
               whole
               earth
               ,
               should
               as
               so
               many
               nailes
               in
               a
               Cart-Wheele
               ,
               be
               whirled
               about
               in
               that
               short
               space
               ,
               whereas
               it
               is
               many
               thousands
               of
               Years
               (
               no
               lesse
               ,
               I
               trow
               ,
               they
               say
               ,
               than
               30
               thousand
               )
               before
               that
               orbe
               do
               finish
               his
               Course
               from
               West
               to
               East
               ,
               which
               they
               call
               the
               naturall
               motion
               .
               Now
               whereas
               to
               every
               of
               these
               they
               yeeld
               their
               natural
               course
               from
               West
               to
               East
               ;
               therein
               they
               doe
               well
               .
               The
               Moone
               performeth
               it
               in
               27.
               dayes
               ;
               the
               
                 Sun
                 ,
                 Venus
              
               ,
               and
               Mercury
               in
               a
               Years
               or
               thereabouts
               ,
               Mars
               in
               three
               Yeare
               ,
               Jupiter
               in
               twelve
               Years
               ,
               and
               Saturne
               in
               30
               But
               to
               attribute
               unto
               these
               celestiall
               bodies
               contrary
               motions
               at
               once
               ,
               was
               a
               very
               absurd
               conceit
               &
               much
               more
               ,
               to
               imagine
               that
               same
               Orbe
               ,
               wherein
               the
               fixed
               stars
               are
               ,
               (
               whose
               natural
               course
               
               taketh
               so
               many
               thousand
               of
               years
               )
               should
               every
               24.
               houres
               be
               turned
               about
               .
               I
               will
               not
               go
               so
               far
               as
               Copernicus
               ,
               that
               maketh
               the
               Sunne
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               unmoveable
               ,
               neither
               will
               I
               define
               any
               thing
               one
               way
               or
               other
               .
               Only
               this
               I
               say
               ,
               allow
               the
               Earth
               his
               motion
               (
               which
               these
               eyes
               of
               mine
               can
               testifie
               to
               be
               his
               due
               )
               and
               these
               absurdities
               are
               quite
               taken
               away
               ,
               every
               one
               having
               his
               single
               and
               proper
               Motion
               onely
               .
            
             
               But
               where
               am
               I
               ?
               At
               the
               first
               I
               promised
               an
               History
               ,
               and
               I
               fall
               into
               disputes
               before
               I
               am
               aware
               .
               There
               is
               yet
               one
               accident
               more
               befell
               me
               worthy
               of
               especiall
               remembrance
               :
               that
               during
               the
               time
               of
               my
               stay
               ,
               I
               saw
               as
               it
               were
               a
               kind
               of
               cloud
               of
               a
               reddish
               colour
               growing
               toward
               me
               ,
               which
               continually
               growing
               neerer
               and
               neerer
               ,
               at
               last
               I
               perceived
               to
               
               be
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               huge
               swarme
               of
               Locusts
               .
            
             
               He
               that
               readeth
               the
               discourses
               of
               learned
               men
               ,
               concerning
               them
               ,
               and
               namely
               that
               of
               
                 John
                 Leo
              
               ,
               in
               his
               description
               of
               Affrike
               ,
               how
               that
               they
               are
               seen
               in
               the
               Aire
               many
               days
               before
               they
               fall
               upon
               a
               countrey
               ,
               adding
               unto
               that
               which
               they
               deliver
               ,
               this
               experience
               of
               mine
               ,
               will
               easily
               conclude
               ,
               that
               they
               cannot
               come
               from
               any
               other
               place
               than
               the
               Globe
               of
               the
               Moon
               .
               But
               give
               me
               leave
               now
               at
               last
               to
               passe
               on
               my
               journey
               quietly
               ,
               without
               interruption
               for
               Eleven
               or
               Twelve
               dayes
               ,
               during
               all
               which
               time
               ,
               I
               was
               carried
               directly
               toward
               the
               Globe
               or
               body
               of
               the
               Moon
               with
               such
               a
               violent
               whirling
               as
               cannot
               be
               expressed
               .
            
             
               For
               I
               cannot
               imagine
               that
               a
               bullet
               out
               of
               the
               mouth
               of
               a
               Canon
               could
               
               make
               way
               through
               the
               vaporous
               &
               muddy
               aire
               near
               the
               earth
               with
               that
               celerity
               ,
               which
               is
               most
               strange
               ,
               cōsidering
               that
               my
               Gansa's
               moved
               their
               wings
               but
               even
               now
               and
               then
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               not
               at
               all
               in
               a
               Quarter
               of
               an
               houre
               together
               ;
               onely
               they
               held
               them
               stretched
               out
               ,
               so
               passing
               on
               ,
               as
               we
               see
               that
               Eagles
               ,
               and
               Kites
               sometimes
               will
               do
               for
               a
               little
               space
               ,
               when
               (
               as
               one
               speaks
               ,
               I
               remember
               )
               
                 cunctabundo
                 volatu
                 pene
                 eodem
                 loco
                 pendula
                 circumtuentur
              
               ;
               and
               during
               the
               time
               of
               those
               pauses
               I
               believe
               they
               tooke
               their
               napps
               and
               times
               of
               sleeping
               ;
               for
               other
               (
               as
               I
               might
               easily
               note
               )
               they
               had
               none
               .
            
             
               Now
               for
               my self
               ,
               I
               was
               so
               fast
               knit
               unto
               my
               Engin
               ,
               as
               I
               durst
               commit
               my selfe
               to
               slumbring
               enough
               to
               serve
               my
               turne
               ,
               which
               I
               took
               with
               as
               great
               ease
               (
               although
               I
               am
               loath
               to
               speake
               it
               ,
               because
               it
               
               may
               seeme
               incredible
               )
               as
               if
               I
               had
               been
               in
               the
               best
               Bed
               of
               down
               in
               all
               Antwerp
               .
            
             
               After
               Eleven
               dayes
               passage
               in
               this
               violent
               flight
               ,
               I
               perceived
               that
               we
               began
               to
               approach
               neere
               unto
               another
               Earth
               ,
               if
               I
               may
               so
               call
               it
               ,
               being
               the
               Globe
               or
               very
               body
               of
               that
               Starre
               which
               we
               call
               the
               Moon
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               difference
               that
               I
               found
               between
               it
               and
               our
               earth
               ,
               was
               ,
               that
               it
               shewed
               it self
               in
               his
               naturall
               colours
               :
               ever
               after
               I
               was
               free
               from
               the
               attraction
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               whereas
               with
               us
               ,
               a
               thing
               removed
               from
               our
               eye
               but
               a
               league
               or
               two
               ,
               begins
               to
               put
               on
               that
               lurid
               aud
               deadly
               colour
               of
               blue
               .
            
             
               Then
               ,
               I
               perceived
               also
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               covered
               for
               the
               most
               part
               with
               a
               huge
               and
               mighty
               Sea
               ,
               those
               parts
               only
               being
               drie
               Land
               ,
               which
               shew
               
               unto
               us
               here
               somewhat
               darker
               than
               the
               rest
               of
               her
               body
               (
               that
               I
               mean
               )
               which
               the
               Country
               people
               call
               
                 el
                 hombre
                 della
                 Luna
              
               ,
               the
               Man
               of
               the
               Moon
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               that
               part
               which
               shineth
               so
               cleerly
               in
               our
               eyes
               ;
               it
               is
               even
               another
               Ocean
               ,
               yet
               besprinckled
               here
               and
               there
               with
               Islands
               ,
               which
               for
               the
               littleness
               ,
               so
               far
               off
               we
               cannot
               discern
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               same
               splendor
               appearing
               unto
               us
               ,
               and
               giving
               light
               unto
               our
               night
               ,
               appeareth
               to
               be
               nothing
               else
               but
               the
               reflection
               of
               the
               Sun-beams
               returned
               unto
               us
               out
               of
               the
               water
               ,
               as
               out
               of
               a
               glasse
               :
               How
               ill
               this
               agreeth
               with
               that
               which
               our
               Philosophers
               teach
               in
               the
               Schooles
               I
               am
               not
               ignorant
               .
            
             
               But
               alas
               how
               many
               of
               their
               Errors
               hath
               time
               and
               experience
               refuted
               in
               this
               our
               age
               ,
               with
               the
               recitall
               
               whereof
               I
               will
               not
               stand
               to
               trouble
               the
               Reader
               .
            
             
               Amongst
               many
               other
               of
               their
               vain
               surmises
               ,
               the
               time
               and
               order
               of
               my
               narration
               putteth
               me
               in
               mind
               of
               one
               ,
               which
               now
               my
               experience
               found
               most
               untrue
               .
            
             
               Who
               is
               there
               that
               hath
               not
               hitherto
               believed
               the
               uppermost
               Region
               of
               the
               Ayre
               to
               be
               extreme
               hot
               ,
               as
               being
               next
               forsooth
               unto
               the
               naturall
               place
               of
               the
               Element
               of
               Fire
               .
            
             
               O
               Vanities
               ,
               fansies
               ,
               Dreames
               !
            
             
               After
               the
               time
               I
               was
               once
               quite
               free
               from
               the
               attractive
               Beames
               of
               that
               tyrannous
               Loadstone
               ,
               the
               earth
               ,
               I
               found
               the
               Ayre
               of
               one
               and
               the
               self
               same
               temper
               ,
               without
               Winds
               ,
               without
               Raine
               ,
               without
               Mists
               ,
               without
               Clouds
               ,
               neither
               hot
               not
               cold
               ,
               but
               continually
               after
               one
               and
               the
               same
               tenor
               ,
               most
               pleasant
               ,
               milde
               ,
               
               and
               comfortable
               ,
               till
               my
               arrivall
               in
               that
               New
               World
               of
               the
               Moon
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               that
               Region
               of
               Fire
               our
               Philosophers
               talke
               of
               ,
               I
               heard
               no
               news
               of
               it
               ;
               mine
               eyes
               have
               sufficiently
               informed
               me
               there
               can
               be
               no
               such
               thing
               .
            
             
               The
               Earth
               by
               turning
               about
               had
               now
               shewed
               me
               all
               her
               parts
               twelve
               times
               when
               I
               finished
               my
               course
               :
               For
               when
               by
               my
               reckoning
               it
               seemed
               to
               be
               (
               as
               indeed
               it
               was
               )
               Tuesday
               the
               Eleventh
               day
               of
               September
               ,
               (
               at
               what
               time
               the
               Moon
               being
               two
               dayes
               old
               was
               in
               the
               Twentieth
               degree
               of
               Libra
               ,
               )
               my
               Gansa's
               stayed
               their
               course
               as
               it
               were
               with
               one
               consent
               ,
               and
               tooke
               their
               rest
               ,
               for
               certain
               houres
               ;
               after
               which
               they
               took
               their
               flight
               ,
               and
               within
               lesse
               than
               one
               houre
               ,
               set
               me
               upon
               the
               top
               of
               a
               very
               high
               hill
               in
               that
               other
               
               world
               ,
               where
               immediatly
               were
               presented
               unto
               mine
               eyes
               many
               most
               strange
               and
               unwonted
               fights
               .
            
             
               For
               first
               ,
               I
               observed
               ,
               that
               although
               the
               Globe
               of
               the
               Earth
               shewed
               much
               bigger
               there
               than
               the
               Moon
               doth
               unto
               us
               ,
               even
               to
               the
               full
               trebling
               of
               her
               diameter
               ,
               yet
               all
               manner
               of
               things
               there
               were
               of
               largeness
               and
               quantity
               ,
               10.
               20.
               
               I
               thinke
               I
               may
               say
               30.
               times
               more
               than
               ours
               .
            
             
               Their
               trees
               at
               least
               three
               times
               so
               high
               as
               ours
               ,
               and
               more
               than
               five
               times
               the
               breadth
               and
               thicknesse
               .
            
             
               So
               their
               herbs
               ,
               Beasts
               ,
               and
               Birds
               ;
               although
               to
               compare
               them
               with
               ours
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               well
               how
               ,
               because
               I
               found
               not
               any
               thing
               there
               ,
               any
               Species
               either
               of
               Beast
               or
               Bird
               that
               resembled
               ours
               any
               thing
               at
               all
               ,
               except
               
                 Swallows
                 ,
                 Nightingales
                 ,
                 Cuckoes
                 ,
                 Woodcocks
                 ,
                 Batts
                 ,
              
               &
               some
               kinds
               
               of
               wild
               Fowl
               ,
               as
               also
               of
               such
               Birds
               as
               my
               Gansa's
               ,
               all
               which
               ,
               (
               as
               now
               I
               well
               perceived
               ,
               )
               spend
               the
               time
               of
               their
               absence
               from
               us
               ,
               even
               there
               in
               that
               world
               ;
               neither
               do
               they
               vary
               any
               thing
               at
               all
               either
               in
               quantity
               or
               quality
               from
               those
               of
               ours
               here
               ,
               as
               being
               none
               other
               than
               the
               very
               same
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               onely
               Specie
               ,
               but
               numero
               .
            
             
               But
               of
               these
               novelties
               ,
               more
               hereafter
               in
               their
               due
               places
               .
            
             
               No
               sooner
               was
               I
               set
               down
               upon
               the
               ground
               ,
               But
               I
               was
               surprised
               with
               a
               most
               ravenous
               hunger
               ,
               and
               earnest
               desire
               of
               eating
               .
               Wherefore
               stepping
               unto
               the
               next
               tree
               ,
               I
               fastened
               thereunto
               my
               engine
               ,
               with
               my
               
               Gansa's
               ,
               and
               in
               great
               haste
               fell
               to
               searching
               of
               my
               pockets
               for
               the
               Victuals
               I
               had
               reserved
               as
               aforesaid
               :
               but
               to
               my
               great
               amazement
               and
               discomfort
               ,
               I
               found
               in
               stead
               of
               Partridge
               ,
               
               and
               Capon
               ,
               which
               I
               thought
               to
               have
               put
               there
               ,
               a
               mingle
               mangle
               of
               dry
               leaves
               ,
               of
               
                 Goats
                 haire
                 ,
                 sheepe
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Goats-dung
                 ,
                 Mosse
              
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               trash
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               my
               
                 Canary
                 Wine
              
               ,
               it
               was
               turned
               to
               a
               stinking
               and
               filthie
               kind
               of
               liquor
               ,
               like
               the
               Urine
               of
               some
               Beast
               .
            
             
               O
               the
               illusions
               of
               wicked
               spirits
               ,
               whose
               helpe
               if
               I
               had
               been
               faine
               only
               to
               rely
               upon
               ,
               you
               see
               how
               I
               had
               been
               served
               .
            
             
               Now
               while
               I
               stood
               musing
               and
               wondring
               at
               this
               strange
               Metamorphosis
               ,
               I
               heard
               my
               Gansa's
               upon
               the
               sudden
               to
               make
               a
               great
               fluttering
               behind
               me
               .
               And
               looking
               back
               ,
               I
               espied
               them
               to
               fall
               greedily
               upon
               a
               certain
               shrub
               within
               the
               compasse
               of
               their
               lines
               ,
               whose
               leaves
               they
               fed
               upon
               most
               earnestly
               ;
               where
               heretofore
               ,
               I
               had
               never
               seene
               them
               to
               eat
               
               any
               manner
               of
               green
               meate
               whatsoever
               .
               Whereupon
               stepping
               to
               the
               shrubb
               ,
               I
               put
               a
               lease
               of
               it
               between
               my
               teeth
               :
               I
               cannot
               express
               the
               pleasure
               I
               found
               in
               the
               tast
               thereof
               ;
               such
               it
               was
               I
               am
               sure
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               had
               not
               with
               great
               discretion
               moderated
               my
               appetite
               ,
               I
               had
               surely
               surfetted
               upon
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               it
               fell
               out
               to
               be
               a
               baite
               that
               well
               contented
               both
               my
               Birds
               and
               me
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               when
               we
               had
               need
               of
               some
               good
               refreshing
               .
            
             
               Scarcely
               had
               I
               ended
               this
               banquett
               ,
               when
               upon
               the
               sudden
               I
               saw
               my self
               environed
               with
               a
               kind
               of
               people
               most
               strange
               ,
               both
               for
               their
               feature
               ,
               demeanure
               ,
               and
               apparell
               .
            
             
               Their
               stature
               was
               most
               divers
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               most
               part
               ,
               twice
               the
               height
               of
               ours
               ;
               their
               colour
               and
               
               countenance
               most
               pleasing
               ,
               and
               their
               habit
               such
               ,
               as
               I
               know
               not
               how
               to
               express
               .
            
             
               For
               neither
               did
               I
               see
               any
               kind
               of
               
                 Cloth
                 ,
                 Silke
              
               ,
               or
               other
               stuffe
               to
               resemble
               the
               matter
               of
               that
               whereof
               their
               Clothes
               were
               made
               ;
               neither
               (
               which
               is
               most
               strange
               of
               all
               other
               )
               can
               I
               devise
               how
               to
               describe
               the
               colour
               of
               them
               ,
               being
               in
               a
               manner
               all
               clothed
               alike
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               neither
               blacke
               ,
               nor
               white
               ,
               yellow
               nor
               redd
               ,
               greene
               nor
               blue
               ,
               nor
               any
               colour
               composed
               of
               these
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               you
               aske
               me
               what
               it
               was
               ,
               then
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               it
               was
               a
               colour
               never
               seen
               in
               our
               earthly
               world
               ,
               and
               therefore
               neither
               to
               be
               described
               unto
               us
               by
               any
               ,
               nor
               to
               be
               conceived
               of
               one
               that
               never
               saw
               it
               .
            
             
               For
               as
               it
               were
               a
               hard
               matter
               to
               describe
               unto
               a
               man
               borne
               blind
               
               the
               difference
               betweene
               blue
               and
               Greene
               ,
               so
               can
               I
               not
               bethinke
               my selfe
               of
               any
               meanes
               how
               to
               decipher
               unto
               you
               this
               Lunar
               colour
               ,
               having
               no
               affinitie
               with
               any
               other
               that
               ever
               I
               beheld
               with
               mine
               eyes
               .
            
             
               Onely
               this
               I
               can
               say
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               the
               most
               glorious
               and
               delightfull
               ,
               that
               can
               possibly
               be
               imagined
               ;
               neither
               in
               truth
               was
               there
               any
               one
               thing
               ,
               that
               more
               delighted
               me
               ,
               during
               my
               abode
               in
               that
               new
               world
               ,
               than
               the
               beholding
               of
               that
               most
               pleasing
               and
               resplendent
               colour
               .
            
             
               It
               remaineth
               now
               that
               I
               speake
               of
               the
               Demeanure
               of
               this
               people
               ,
               who
               presenting
               themselves
               unto
               me
               upon
               the
               sudden
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               such
               extraordinary
               fashion
               as
               I
               have
               declared
               ,
               being
               strucken
               with
               a
               great
               amasement
               ,
               I
               crossed
               
               my self
               ,
               and
               cried
               out
               ,
               
                 Jesus
                 Maria
              
               .
            
             
               No
               sooner
               was
               the
               word
               Jesus
               out
               of
               my
               mouth
               ,
               but
               young
               &
               old
               ,
               fell
               all
               down
               upon
               their
               knees
               ,
               (
               at
               which
               I
               not
               a
               little
               rejoyced
               )
               holding
               up
               both
               their
               hands
               on
               high
               ,
               and
               repeating
               all
               certain
               words
               which
               I
               understood
               not
               .
            
             
               Then
               presently
               they
               all
               arising
               ,
               one
               that
               was
               far
               the
               tallest
               of
               them
               came
               unto
               me
               ,
               and
               embraced
               me
               ,
               with
               great
               kindnesse
               ,
               and
               giving
               order
               (
               as
               I
               partly
               perceived
               )
               unto
               some
               of
               the
               rest
               to
               stay
               by
               my
               Birds
               ,
               he
               took
               me
               by
               the
               hand
               ,
               and
               leading
               me
               down
               toward
               the
               foote
               of
               the
               hill
               ,
               brought
               me
               to
               his
               dwelling
               ,
               being
               more
               than
               half
               a
               league
               from
               the
               place
               where
               I
               first
               alighted
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               such
               a
               building
               for
               beauty
               and
               hugeness
               ,
               as
               all
               our
               world
               
               cannot
               shew
               any
               neere
               comparable
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               Yet
               such
               I
               saw
               afterwards
               elsewhere
               ,
               as
               this
               might
               seem
               but
               a
               Cottage
               in
               respect
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               There
               was
               not
               a
               doore
               about
               the
               house
               ,
               that
               was
               not
               30.
               foot
               high
               ,
               and
               twelve
               in
               breadth
               .
            
             
               The
               roomes
               were
               between
               40.
               and
               50.
               foote
               in
               height
               ,
               and
               so
               all
               other
               proportions
               answerable
               .
            
             
               Neither
               could
               they
               well
               be
               much
               lesse
               ,
               the
               Master
               inhabiting
               them
               ,
               being
               full
               28.
               high
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               his
               corporature
               ,
               I
               suppose
               verily
               that
               if
               we
               had
               him
               here
               in
               this
               world
               to
               be
               weighed
               in
               the
               ballance
               ,
               the
               poyse
               of
               his
               body
               would
               shew
               it self
               more
               ponderous
               than
               Five
               and
               Twenty
               ,
               peradventure
               thirty
               of
               ours
               .
            
             
               After
               I
               had
               rested
               my self
               with
               him
               the
               value
               of
               one
               of
               our
               dayes
               ;
               
               he
               ledd
               me
               some
               Five
               leagues
               off
               ,
               unto
               the
               Palace
               of
               the
               Prince
               of
               the
               Countrey
               .
            
             
               The
               stateliness
               of
               the
               building
               wherof
               I
               wil
               leave
               unto
               the
               second
               part
               of
               this
               work
               ,
               as
               also
               many
               other
               particulars
               ,
               which
               will
               minister
               more
               pleasure
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               than
               yet
               I
               may
               afford
               him
               ,
               being
               desirous
               in
               this
               first
               part
               to
               set
               down
               no
               more
               than
               what
               the
               processe
               of
               my
               story
               concerning
               my
               Journey
               doth
               necessarily
               draw
               from
               me
               .
            
             
               This
               Prince
               whose
               stature
               was
               much
               higher
               than
               the
               former
               ,
               is
               called
               (
               as
               neere
               as
               I
               can
               by
               Letters
               declare
               it
               ,
               for
               their
               sounds
               are
               not
               perfectly
               to
               be
               expressed
               by
               our
               characters
               )
               Pylonas
               ,
               which
               signifieth
               in
               their
               Language
               ,
               First●●
               perhaps
               it
               be
               not
               rather
               a
               denotation
               of
               his
               dignity
               and
               authority
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               prime
               Man
               in
               all
               those
               parts
               .
            
             
             
               In
               all
               those
               parts
               ,
               I
               say
               .
               For
               there
               is
               one
               supreme
               Monarch
               amongst
               them
               ,
               of
               stature
               yet
               much
               more
               huge
               than
               he
               ,
               commanding
               over
               all
               that
               whole
               Orbe
               of
               that
               world
               ,
               having
               under
               him
               29
               other
               Princes
               of
               exceeding
               great
               power
               ,
               and
               every
               of
               them
               24
               others
               ,
               whereof
               this
               Pylonas
               was
               one
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               ancestor
               of
               this
               great
               Monarch
               came
               out
               of
               the
               earth
               (
               as
               they
               deliver
               )
               and
               by
               marriage
               with
               the
               inheretrix
               of
               that
               huge
               Monarchy
               ,
               obtaining
               the
               government
               ,
               left
               it
               unto
               his
               posteritie
               ,
               who
               ever
               since
               have
               held
               the
               same
               ,
               even
               for
               the
               space
               of
               40
               thousand
               dayes
               or
               Moons
               ,
               which
               amounteth
               unto
               3077
               Years
               .
            
             
               And
               his
               name
               being
               Irdonozur
               ,
               his
               heirs
               ,
               unto
               this
               day
               ,
               do
               all
               assume
               unto
               themselves
               that
               name
               ,
               he
               ,
               they
               say
               ,
               having
               continued
               there
               
               well
               neer
               400
               Moons
               ,
               and
               having
               begotten
               divers
               children
               ,
               returned
               (
               by
               what
               means
               they
               declare
               not
               )
               unto
               the
               Earth
               againe
               :
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               they
               may
               have
               their
               Fables
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               we
               .
            
             
               And
               because
               our
               Histories
               afford
               no
               mention
               of
               any
               earthly
               man
               to
               have
               ever
               been
               in
               that
               world
               before
               my self
               ,
               and
               much
               lesse
               to
               have
               returned
               thence
               again
               ,
               I
               cannot
               but
               condemne
               that
               tradition
               for
               false
               and
               fabulous
               ;
               yet
               this
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               learning
               seemeth
               to
               be
               in
               great
               estimation
               among
               them
               :
               And
               that
               they
               make
               semblance
               of
               detesting
               all
               Lying
               and
               Falshood
               ,
               which
               is
               wont
               there
               to
               be
               severely
               punished
               .
            
             
               Again
               ,
               which
               may
               yeeld
               some
               countenance
               unto
               their
               historicall
               narrations
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               live
               wonderfull
               long
               ,
               even
               beyond
               all
               credit
               ,
               
               
               
               
               
               to
               wit
               even
               unto
               the
               age
               as
               they
               professed
               to
               me
               of
               30000.
               
               Moons
               ,
               which
               amounteth
               unto
               1000.
               
               Years
               and
               upwards
               ,
               (
               so
               that
               the
               ages
               of
               3.
               or
               4.
               men
               might
               well
               reach
               unto
               the
               time
               of
               the
               first
               Irdonozur
               ,
               )
               and
               this
               is
               noted
               generally
               ,
               that
               the
               taller
               people
               are
               of
               Stature
               ,
               the
               more
               excellent
               they
               are
               for
               all
               indowments
               of
               mind
               ,
               and
               the
               longer
               time
               they
               do
               live
               .
            
             
               For
               whereas
               (
               that
               which
               before
               I
               partly
               intimated
               unto
               you
               )
               their
               stature
               is
               most
               divers
               ,
               great
               numbers
               of
               them
               little
               exceeding
               ou●s
               ;
               such
               seldom
               live
               above
               the
               age
               of
               a
               1000.
               
               Moons
               ,
               which
               is
               answerable
               to
               80.
               of
               our
               Years
               ,
               and
               they
               account
               them
               most
               base
               creaturs
               ,
               even
               but
               a
               degree
               before
               bruite
               beasts
               ,
               imploying
               them
               accordingly
               in
               all
               the
               basest
               and
               most
               servile
               Offices
               ,
               tearming
               them
               by
               a
               word
               that
               signifieth
               
               bastard-men
               ,
               counterfeits
               ,
               or
               Changelings
               ;
               so
               those
               whom
               they
               account
               Genuine
               ,
               naturall
               ,
               and
               true
               Lunars
               ,
               both
               in
               quantitie
               of
               bodie
               ,
               and
               length
               of
               life
               ,
               they
               have
               for
               the
               most
               part
               30.
               times
               as
               much
               as
               we
               ,
               which
               proportion
               agreeth
               well
               with
               the
               quantity
               of
               the
               day
               in
               both
               worlds
               ,
               theirs
               containing
               almost
               30
               of
               ours
               .
            
             
               Now
               when
               I
               shall
               declare
               unto
               you
               the
               manner
               of
               our
               travell
               unto
               the
               Palace
               of
               Pylonas
               ,
               you
               will
               say
               you
               scarce
               ever
               heard
               any
               thing
               more
               strange
               and
               incredible
               .
            
             
               Unto
               every
               one
               of
               us
               there
               was
               delivered
               at
               our
               first
               setting
               forth
               ,
               two
               Fans
               of
               Feathers
               ,
               not
               much
               unlike
               to
               those
               that
               our
               Ladies
               do
               carrie
               in
               Spaine
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               coole
               Aire
               unto
               themselves
               in
               the
               heat
               of
               Summer
               .
               The
               use
               of
               which
               Fans
               before
               I
               declare
               unto
               you
               ,
               I
               must
               let
               
               you
               understand
               that
               the
               Globe
               of
               the
               Moon
               is
               not
               altogether
               destitute
               of
               an
               attractive
               Power
               :
               but
               it
               is
               so
               farre
               weaker
               than
               that
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               as
               if
               a
               man
               do
               but
               spring
               upward
               ,
               with
               all
               his
               force
               ,
               (
               as
               Dancers
               do
               when
               they
               shew
               their
               activity
               by
               capering
               )
               he
               shall
               be
               able
               to
               mount
               50.
               or
               60.
               foot
               high
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               is
               quite
               beyond
               all
               attraction
               of
               the
               Moons
               earth
               ,
               falling
               down
               no
               more
               ,
               so
               as
               by
               the
               help
               of
               these
               Fans
               ,
               as
               with
               wings
               ,
               they
               convey
               themselves
               in
               the
               Aire
               in
               a
               short
               space
               (
               although
               not
               with
               that
               swiftnesse
               that
               Birds
               do
               )
               even
               whither
               they
               lift
               .
            
             
               In
               two
               houres
               space
               (
               as
               I
               could
               guesse
               )
               by
               the
               helpe
               of
               these
               fans
               ,
               we
               were
               carried
               through
               the
               Aire
               those
               five
               Leagues
               ,
               being
               about
               60
               persons
               .
               Being
               arrived
               at
               the
               Palace
               of
               Pylonas
               ,
               after
               our
               conducto●
               
               had
               gotten
               audience
               ,
               (
               which
               was
               not
               presently
               )
               and
               had
               declared
               what
               manner
               of
               present
               he
               had
               brought
               ;
               I
               was
               immediately
               called
               in
               unto
               him
               by
               his
               attendants
               :
               by
               the
               statelinesse
               of
               his
               Palace
               ,
               and
               the
               reverence
               done
               unto
               him
               ,
               I
               soone
               discerned
               his
               greatnesse
               ,
               and
               therefore
               framed
               my selfe
               to
               win
               his
               favour
               the
               best
               I
               might
               .
               You
               may
               remember
               I
               told
               you
               of
               a
               certain
               little
               Box
               or
               Casket
               of
               Jewels
               ,
               the
               remainder
               of
               those
               which
               being
               brought
               out
               of
               the
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               ,
               I
               sent
               from
               the
               I
               le
               of
               St.
               Hellen
               into
               Spaine
               .
            
             
               These
               ,
               before
               I
               was
               carried
               in
               unto
               him
               ,
               I
               took
               out
               of
               my
               pocket
               in
               a
               corner
               ,
               and
               making
               choice
               of
               some
               of
               every
               sort
               ,
               made
               them
               ready
               to
               be
               presented
               as
               I
               should
               think
               fit
               .
            
             
               I
               found
               him
               sitting
               in
               a
               most
               
               magnificent
               chaire
               of
               Estate
               ,
               having
               his
               Wife
               or
               Queen
               upon
               one
               hand
               ,
               and
               his
               eldest
               Son
               on
               the
               other
               ,
               which
               were
               both
               attended
               ,
               the
               one
               by
               a
               troope
               of
               Ladies
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               of
               young
               men
               ,
               and
               all
               along
               the
               side
               of
               the
               roome
               stood
               a
               great
               number
               of
               goodly
               personages
               ,
               whereof
               scarce
               any
               one
               was
               lower
               of
               stature
               than
               Pylonas
               ,
               whose
               age
               they
               say
               is
               now
               21000.
               
               Moons
               .
               At
               my
               first
               entrance
               ,
               falling
               downe
               upon
               my
               knees
               ,
               I
               thought
               good
               to
               use
               unto
               him
               these
               words
               in
               the
               Latine
               tongue
               ,
               
                 Propitius
                 sit
                 tibi
                 Princeps
                 Illustrissime
                 Dominus
                 noster
                 Jesus
                 Christus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               As
               the
               people
               I
               first
               met
               withall
               ,
               so
               they
               ,
               hearing
               the
               holy
               name
               of
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               they
               all
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               King
               ,
               Queen
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               fell
               downe
               upon
               their
               knees
               ,
               pronouncing
               a
               word
               or
               two
               I
               understood
               not
               .
               They
               being
               risen
               
               again
               ,
               I
               proceeded
               thus
               ,
               
                 &
                 Maria
                 Salvator
                 is
                 Genitrix
                 ,
                 Petrus
                 &
                 Paulus
                 &c.
              
               and
               so
               reckoning
               up
               a
               number
               of
               Saints
               ,
               to
               see
               if
               there
               were
               any
               one
               of
               them
               that
               they
               honoured
               as
               their
               patron
               ,
               at
               last
               reckoning
               among
               others
               
                 St.
                 Martinus
              
               ,
               they
               all
               bowed
               their
               bodies
               ,
               and
               held
               up
               hands
               in
               sign
               of
               great
               reverence
               :
               the
               reason
               whereof
               I
               learned
               to
               be
               ,
               that
               Martin
               in
               their
               language
               signifieth
               God
               :
               Then
               taking
               out
               my
               Jewells
               ,
               prepared
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               I
               presented
               unto
               the
               King
               or
               Prince
               (
               call
               him
               how
               you
               please
               )
               7.
               stones
               of
               so
               many
               severall
               sorts
               ,
               a
               Diamond
               ,
               a
               Rubie
               ,
               an
               Emerauld
               ,
               a
               Saphire
               ,
               a
               Topaz
               ,
               a
               Turquez
               ,
               and
               an
               Opall
               ,
               which
               he
               accepted
               with
               great
               joy
               &
               admiration
               ,
               as
               having
               not
               often
               seen
               any
               such
               before
               .
            
             
               Then
               I
               offered
               unto
               the
               Queen
               and
               Prince
               some
               other
               ,
               and
               was
               about
               
               to
               have
               bestowed
               a
               number
               of
               more
               ,
               upon
               other
               there
               present
               ,
               but
               Pylonas
               forbade
               them
               to
               accept
               ,
               thinking
               (
               as
               afterwards
               I
               learned
               )
               that
               they
               were
               all
               I
               had
               ,
               and
               being
               willing
               they
               should
               be
               reserved
               for
               Irdonozur
               his
               Soveraign
               .
            
             
               This
               done
               ,
               he
               imbraced
               me
               with
               great
               kindnesse
               ,
               and
               began
               to
               inquire
               of
               me
               divers
               things
               by
               signs
               ,
               which
               I
               likewise
               answered
               by
               signs
               as
               well
               as
               I
               could
               .
            
             
               But
               not
               being
               able
               to
               give
               him
               content
               ,
               he
               delivered
               me
               to
               a
               guard
               of
               a
               100.
               of
               his
               Giants
               (
               so
               I
               may
               well
               call
               them
               )
               commanding
               straightly
               ,
            
             
               First
               ,
               that
               I
               should
               want
               nothing
               that
               might
               be
               fit
               for
               me
               ;
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               not
               suffer
               any
               of
               the
               dwarfe
               Lunars
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               tearme
               them
               )
               to
               come
               neer
               me
               ;
            
             
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               that
               I
               should
               with
               all
               diligence
               be
               instructed
               in
               their
               Language
               .
            
             
               And
               lastly
               ,
               that
               by
               no
               means
               they
               should
               impart
               unto
               me
               the
               knowledge
               of
               certain
               things
               ,
               particularly
               by
               him
               specified
               ;
               marry
               what
               those
               particulars
               were
               ,
               I
               might
               never
               by
               any
               means
               get
               knowledge
               .
            
             
               It
               may
               be
               now
               you
               will
               desire
               to
               understand
               what
               were
               the
               things
               Pylonas
               inquired
               of
               me
               .
            
             
               Why
               what
               but
               these
               ?
               whence
               I
               came
               ?
               how
               I
               arrived
               there
               ?
               and
               by
               what
               means
               ?
               what
               was
               my
               name
               ?
               what
               my
               Errand
               ?
               and
               such
               like
               .
            
             
               To
               all
               which
               I
               answered
               the
               very
               truth
               as
               neer
               as
               I
               could
               .
            
             
               Being
               dismissed
               ,
               I
               was
               afforded
               all
               manner
               of
               necessaries
               that
               my
               heart
               could
               wish
               ,
               so
               as
               it
               seemed
               unto
               me
               I
               was
               in
               a
               very
               Paradise
               ,
               
               the
               pleasures
               whereof
               notwithstanding
               could
               not
               so
               overcome
               me
               ,
               as
               that
               the
               remembrance
               of
               my
               Wife
               and
               Children
               ,
               did
               not
               trouble
               me
               much
               .
            
             
               And
               therefore
               being
               willing
               to
               foster
               any
               small
               sparke
               of
               hope
               of
               my
               return
               ,
               with
               great
               diligence
               I
               took
               order
               for
               the
               attendance
               of
               my
               Birds
               ,
               (
               I
               mean
               my
               Gansa's
               )
               whom
               my self
               in
               person
               tended
               every
               day
               with
               great
               carefulnesse
               ;
               All
               which
               notwithstanding
               had
               fallen
               out
               to
               little
               purpose
               ,
               had
               not
               other
               mens
               care
               performed
               that
               which
               no
               indeavour
               of
               mine
               own
               could
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               time
               now
               approached
               ,
               when
               of
               necessity
               all
               the
               people
               of
               our
               stature
               ,
               (
               and
               so
               my self
               among
               the
               rest
               )
               must
               needs
               sleepe
               for
               some
               13.
               or
               14.
               whole
               dayes
               together
               .
            
             
             
               So
               it
               commeth
               to
               passe
               there
               by
               a
               secret
               power
               ,
               and
               unresistable
               decree
               of
               nature
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               day
               beginneth
               to
               appear
               ,
               and
               the
               Moon
               to
               be
               enlightned
               by
               the
               Sun-beams
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               at
               the
               first
               Quarter
               of
               the
               Moon
               )
               all
               such
               people
               as
               exceed
               not
               very
               much
               our
               stature
               inhabiting
               those
               parts
               ,
               they
               fall
               into
               a
               dead
               sleep
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               possibly
               to
               be
               wakened
               till
               the
               Sun
               be
               set
               ,
               and
               withdrawn
               out
               of
               their
               sight
               ,
               even
               as
               Owles
               ,
               and
               Batts
               ,
               with
               us
               cannot
               indure
               the
               light
               ,
               so
               we
               there
               at
               the
               first
               approach
               of
               the
               day
               ,
               begin
               to
               be
               amazed
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               fall
               immediatly
               into
               a
               slumber
               ,
               which
               groweth
               by
               little
               and
               little
               ,
               into
               a
               dead
               sleepe
               ,
               till
               this
               light
               depart
               from
               thence
               againe
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               in
               14.
               or
               15.
               dayes
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               untill
               the
               last
               quarter
               .
            
             
               Methinkes
               now
               I
               heare
               some
               
               man
               to
               demand
               what
               manner
               of
               light
               there
               is
               in
               that
               world
               during
               the
               absence
               of
               the
               Sun.
               To
               resolve
               you
               for
               that
               point
               ,
               you
               shall
               understand
               that
               there
               is
               a
               light
               of
               two
               sorts
               .
            
             
               One
               of
               the
               Sun
               (
               which
               I
               might
               not
               endure
               to
               behold
               ,
               )
               and
               another
               of
               the
               Earth
               :
               that
               of
               the
               Earth
               was
               now
               at
               the
               highest
               ;
               for
               that
               when
               the
               Moon
               is
               at
               the
               Change
               ,
               then
               is
               the
               Earth
               (
               unto
               them
               in
               the
               Moon
               )
               like
               a
               full
               Moon
               with
               us
               ;
               and
               as
               the
               Moon
               increaseth
               with
               us
               ,
               so
               the
               light
               of
               the
               Earth
               decreaseth
               with
               them
               :
               I
               then
               found
               the
               light
               there
               (
               though
               the
               Sun
               were
               absent
               )
               equall
               unto
               that
               with
               us
               ,
               in
               the
               day
               time
               ,
               when
               the
               Sun
               is
               covered
               with
               Clouds
               ,
               but
               toward
               the
               quarter
               it
               little
               and
               little
               diminisheth
               ,
               yet
               leaving
               still
               a
               competent
               light
               ,
               which
               is
               somewhat
               strange
               .
            
             
             
               But
               much
               stranger
               is
               that
               which
               was
               reported
               unto
               me
               there
               ,
               how
               that
               in
               the
               other
               Hemisphere
               of
               the
               Moon
               (
               I
               mean
               contrary
               to
               that
               I
               happened
               upon
               ,
               )
               where
               during
               half
               the
               Moon
               ,
               they
               see
               not
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               the
               Earth
               never
               appeareth
               unto
               them
               ,
               they
               have
               notwithstanding
               a
               kinde
               of
               light
               (
               not
               unlike
               by
               their
               description
               to
               our
               
               Moon-light
               )
               which
               it
               seemeth
               the
               propinquintie
               of
               the
               Starrs
               and
               other
               Planetts
               (
               so
               much
               neerer
               unto
               them
               than
               us
               )
               affordeth
               .
            
             
               Now
               you
               shall
               understand
               that
               of
               the
               true
               Lunars
               there
               be
               three
               degrees
               .
            
             
               Some
               beyond
               the
               pitch
               of
               our
               stature
               a
               good
               deale
               ,
               as
               perhaps
               10
               or
               12
               foot
               high
               ,
               that
               can
               indure
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Moon
               ,
               when
               the
               earth
               shineth
               but
               little
               ,
               but
               not
               endure
               the
               beams
               of
               both
               ;
               at
               such
               
               time
               they
               must
               be
               content
               to
               be
               laid
               asleep
               .
            
             
               Others
               there
               are
               of
               20
               foot
               high
               ,
               or
               somewhat
               more
               ,
               that
               in
               ordinary
               places
               indure
               all
               light
               both
               of
               earth
               and
               Sun.
               Marrie
               there
               is
               a
               certain
               Iland
               ,
               the
               mysteries
               whereof
               none
               may
               know
               ,
               whose
               stature
               is
               not
               at
               least
               27
               foot
               high
               (
               I
               mean
               of
               the
               measure
               of
               the
               Stādard
               of
               Castile
               )
               If
               any
               other
               come
               a
               Land
               there
               in
               the
               Moons
               day
               time
               ,
               they
               fal
               asleep
               immediatly
               :
               This
               Iland
               they
               call
               Gods
               Iland
               ,
               or
               
                 Insula
                 Martini
              
               in
               their
               language
               :
               they
               say
               it
               hath
               a
               particular
               governour
               ,
               who
               is
               (
               as
               they
               report
               )
               of
               age
               65000
               Moons
               ,
               which
               amounteth
               to
               5000
               of
               our
               years
               ,
               his
               name
               is
               said
               to
               be
               Hiruch
               ,
               and
               he
               commandeth
               after
               a
               sort
               over
               Irdonozur
               himself
               ,
               especially
               in
               that
               Iland
               out
               of
               which
               he
               never
               cometh
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               another
               ,
               repairing
               much
               
               thither
               ,
               they
               said
               is
               half
               his
               age
               and
               upwards
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               about
               33.
               thousand
               Moons
               ,
               or
               26.
               hundred
               of
               our
               years
               ,
               and
               he
               commandeth
               in
               all
               things
               (
               throughout
               the
               whole
               Globe
               of
               the
               Moon
               )
               concerning
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
               service
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               absolutely
               as
               our
               holy
               Father
               the
               Pope
               doth
               in
               any
               part
               of
               Italy
               .
               I
               would
               faine
               have
               seen
               this
               man
               ,
               but
               I
               might
               not
               be
               suffered
               to
               come
               neer
               him
               :
               his
               name
               is
               Imozes
               .
            
             
               Now
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               settle
               my self
               to
               a
               long
               nights
               sleep
               :
               My
               attendants
               take
               charge
               of
               my
               Birds
               ,
               prepare
               my
               lodging
               ,
               and
               signifie
               to
               me
               by
               signes
               ,
               how
               it
               must
               be
               with
               me
               .
               It
               was
               about
               the
               middle
               of
               September
               ,
               where
               I
               perceived
               the
               Aire
               to
               grow
               more
               cleare
               than
               ordinary
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               increasing
               of
               the
               light
               ,
               I
               began
               to
               feele
               my
               
               selfe
               first
               dull
               ,
               then
               heavy
               and
               willing
               to
               sleep
               ,
               although
               I
               had
               not
               lately
               been
               hindred
               from
               taking
               mine
               ease
               that
               way
               .
            
             
               I
               delivered
               my self
               at
               last
               into
               the
               custody
               of
               this
               sister
               of
               Death
               ,
               whose
               prisoner
               I
               was
               for
               almost
               a
               fortnight
               after
               ;
               Awaking
               then
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               believed
               how
               fresh
               ,
               how
               nimble
               ,
               how
               vigorous
               ,
               I
               found
               all
               the
               faculties
               both
               of
               my
               body
               and
               minde
               .
            
             
               In
               good
               time
               ,
               therefore
               ,
               I
               setled
               my self
               immediatly
               to
               the
               learning
               of
               the
               language
               which
               (
               a
               marvellous
               thing
               to
               consider
               )
               is
               one
               &
               the
               same
               throughout
               all
               the
               regions
               of
               the
               Moon
               ,
               )
               yet
               so
               much
               the
               lesse
               to
               be
               wondred
               at
               ,
               because
               I
               cannot
               thinke
               all
               the
               Earth
               of
               Moon
               to
               Amount
               to
               the
               fortieth
               part
               of
               our
               inhabited
               Earth
               ;
               partly
               because
               the
               Globe
               of
               the
               Moone
               is
               much
               
               lesse
               than
               that
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               partly
               because
               their
               Sea
               or
               Ocean
               covereth
               in
               estimation
               Three
               parts
               of
               Foure
               ,
               (
               if
               not
               more
               )
               whereas
               the
               superficies
               of
               our
               land
               may
               be
               judged
               Equivalent
               and
               comparable
               in
               Measure
               to
               that
               of
               our
               Seas
               .
            
             
               The
               Difficulty
               of
               that
               language
               is
               not
               to
               be
               conceived
               ,
               and
               the
               reasons
               thereof
               are
               especially
               two
               :
            
             
               First
               ,
               because
               it
               hath
               no
               affinitie
               with
               any
               other
               that
               ever
               I
               heard
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               because
               it
               consisteth
               not
               so
               much
               of
               words
               and
               Letters
               ,
               as
               of
               tunes
               and
               uncouth
               sounds
               ,
               that
               no
               letters
               can
               express
               .
            
             
               For
               you
               have
               few
               words
               but
               they
               signifie
               divers
               and
               severall
               things
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               distinguished
               onely
               by
               their
               tunes
               that
               are
               as
               it
               were
               sung
               
               in
               the
               utterance
               of
               them
               ,
               yea
               many
               words
               there
               are
               consisting
               of
               tunes
               onely
               ,
               so
               as
               if
               they
               list
               they
               will
               utter
               their
               minds
               by
               tunes
               without
               words
               :
               for
               Example
               ,
               they
               have
               an
               ordinary
               salutation
               amongst
               them
               ,
               signifying
               (
               Verbatim
               )
               Glorie
               be
               to
               God
               alone
               ,
               which
               they
               express
               (
               as
               I
               take
               it
               ,
               for
               I
               am
               no
               perfect
               Musician
               )
               by
               this
               tune
               without
               any
               words
               at
               all
               .
            
             
             
               Yea
               the
               very
               names
               of
               Men
               they
               will
               expresse
               in
               the
               same
               sort
               .
            
             
               When
               they
               were
               disposed
               to
               talke
               of
               me
               before
               my
               face
               ,
               so
               
               as
               I
               should
               not
               perceive
               it
               ;
               this
               was
               Gonsales
               .
            
             
             
               By
               occasion
               hereof
               ,
               I
               discerne
               means
               of
               framing
               a
               Language
               (
               and
               that
               easie
               soon
               to
               be
               learned
               )
               as
               copious
               as
               any
               other
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               consisting
               of
               tunes
               onely
               ,
               whereof
               my
               friends
               may
               know
               more
               at
               leasure
               if
               it
               please
               them
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               great
               Mystery
               ,
               and
               worthier
               the
               searching
               after
               than
               at
               first
               sight
               you
               would
               imagine
               .
            
             
               Now
               notwithstanding
               the
               difficulty
               of
               this
               language
               ,
               within
               two
               moneths
               space
               I
               had
               attained
               unto
               such
               knowledge
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               as
               I
               understood
               most
               questions
               to
               be
               demanded
               of
               me
               ,
               and
               what
               with
               signs
               ,
               what
               with
               words
               ,
               made
               reasonable
               
               shift
               to
               utter
               my
               mind
               ;
               which
               thing
               being
               certified
               unto
               Pylonas
               ,
               he
               sent
               for
               me
               oftentimes
               ,
               and
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               give
               me
               knowledge
               of
               many
               things
               that
               my
               Guardians
               durst
               not
               declare
               unto
               me
               .
            
             
               Yet
               this
               I
               will
               say
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               never
               abused
               me
               with
               any
               untruth
               that
               I
               could
               perceive
               ;
               but
               if
               I
               asked
               a
               question
               that
               they
               liked
               not
               to
               resolve
               me
               in
               ,
               they
               would
               shake
               their
               heads
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               Spanish
               shrugge
               passe
               over
               to
               other
               talke
               .
            
             
               After
               7
               months
               space
               it
               happened
               that
               the
               great
               Irdonozur
               making
               his
               progresse
               to
               a
               place
               some
               200.
               leagues
               distant
               from
               the
               Palace
               of
               Pylonas
               ,
               sent
               for
               me
               .
            
             
               The
               History
               of
               that
               Journey
               ,
               and
               the
               conference
               that
               passed
               between
               us
               ,
               shall
               be
               related
               at
               large
               in
               my
               second
               Booke
               .
               Onely
               thus
               much
               
               thereof
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               not
               admit
               me
               into
               his
               presence
               ,
               but
               talked
               with
               me
               through
               a
               Window
               ,
               where
               I
               might
               hear
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               both
               hear
               and
               see
               me
               at
               pleasure
               .
               I
               offered
               him
               the
               remainder
               of
               my
               Jewells
               ,
               which
               he
               accepted
               very
               thankfully
               ;
               telling
               me
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               requite
               them
               with
               gifts
               of
               another
               manner
               of
               value
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               not
               above
               a
               Quarter
               of
               a
               Moon
               that
               I
               stayed
               there
               ,
               before
               I
               was
               sent
               backe
               unto
               Pylonas
               again
               ;
               and
               so
               much
               the
               sooner
               ,
               because
               if
               we
               had
               stayed
               but
               a
               day
               or
               two
               longer
               ,
               the
               Sun
               would
               have
               overtaken
               us
               ,
               before
               we
               could
               have
               recovered
               our
               home
               .
            
             
               The
               gifts
               he
               bestowed
               on
               me
               were
               such
               as
               a
               Man
               would
               forsake
               mountains
               of
               Gold
               for
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               all
               stones
               ,
               to
               wit
               nine
               in
               number●
               and
               those
               of
               three
               sorts
               ,
               whereof
               one
               
               they
               call
               Poleastis
               ,
               another
               Machrus
               ,
               and
               third
               Ebelus
               ,
               of
               each
               sort
               three
               .
               The
               first
               are
               of
               the
               bignesse
               of
               an
               Hazell
               nut
               ,
               very
               like
               unto
               Jet
               ,
               which
               among
               many
               other
               incredible
               vertues
               hath
               this
               property
               ,
               that
               being
               once
               heat
               in
               the
               Fire
               ,
               they
               ever
               after
               retaine
               their
               heat
               (
               though
               without
               any
               appearance
               )
               untill
               they
               be
               quenched
               with
               some
               kinde
               of
               liquor
               ,
               whereby
               they
               receive
               no
               detriment
               at
               all
               ,
               though
               they
               be
               heat
               and
               quenched
               ten
               thousand
               times
               .
            
             
               And
               their
               heat
               is
               so
               vehement
               ,
               as
               they
               will
               make
               red
               hot
               any
               mettall
               that
               shall
               come
               within
               a
               foot
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               being
               put
               in
               a
               Chimney
               ,
               will
               make
               a
               roome
               as
               warme
               ,
               as
               if
               a
               great
               fire
               were
               kindled
               in
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               The
               Machrus
               (
               yet
               farre
               more
               precious
               than
               the
               other
               )
               is
               of
               the
               
               colour
               of
               Topaz
               ,
               so
               shining
               and
               resplendent
               ,
               as
               (
               though
               not
               past
               the
               bignesse
               of
               a
               Beane
               yet
               ,
               )
               being
               placed
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               a
               large
               Church
               in
               the
               night
               time
               ,
               it
               maketh
               it
               all
               as
               light
               ,
               as
               if
               a
               100.
               
               Lamps
               were
               hanged
               up
               round
               about
               it
               .
            
             
               Can
               you
               wish
               for
               properties
               in
               a
               stone
               of
               greater
               use
               than
               these
               .
               Yes
               my
               Ebelus
               will
               af●oord
               you
               that
               which
               I
               dare
               say
               will
               make
               you
               preferre
               him
               before
               these
               ,
               yea
               and
               all
               the
               
                 Diamonds
                 ,
                 Saphyres
                 ,
                 Rubies
              
               ,
               and
               Emeralds
               that
               our
               world
               can
               yeeld
               ,
               were
               they
               laid
               in
               a
               heap
               before
               you
               ;
            
             
               To
               say
               nothing
               of
               the
               colour
               ,
               (
               the
               Lunar
               whereof
               I
               made
               mention
               before
               ,
               which
               notwithstanding
               is
               so
               incredibly
               beautifull
               ,
               as
               a
               man
               should
               travell
               1000
               Leagues
               to
               behold
               it
               )
               the
               shape
               is
               somewhat
               flat
               of
               the
               breadth
               of
               a
               Pistolett
               ,
               and
               
               twice
               the
               thickness
               .
               The
               one
               side
               of
               this
               ,
               which
               is
               somewhat
               more
               Orient
               of
               Colour
               than
               the
               other
               ,
               being
               clapt
               to
               the
               bare
               skin
               of
               a
               man
               ,
               in
               any
               part
               of
               his
               body
               ,
               it
               taketh
               away
               from
               it
               al
               weight
               or
               ponderousness
               ;
               whereas
               turning
               the
               other
               side
               it
               addeth
               force
               unto
               the
               attractive
               beam●
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               either
               in
               this
               world
               or
               that
               ,
               and
               maketh
               the
               body
               to
               weigh
               half
               so
               much
               againe
               as
               it
               did
               before
               ;
               do
               you
               marvell
               now
               why
               I
               should
               so
               overprize
               this
               stone
               ?
               before
               you
               see
               me
               on
               earth
               againe
               ,
               you
               shall
               understand
               more
               of
               the
               value
               of
               this
               kinde
               and
               unvaluable
               Jem
               .
            
             
               I
               inquired
               then
               amongst
               them
               ,
               whether
               they
               had
               not
               any
               kind
               of
               Jewell
               o●
               other
               meanes
               to
               make
               a
               man
               invisible
               ,
               which
               me
               thought
               had
               been
               a
               thing
               of
               great
               and
               extraordinary
               use
               .
            
             
             
               And
               I
               could
               tell
               that
               divers
               of
               our
               learned
               men
               had
               written
               many
               things
               to
               that
               purpose
               .
            
             
               They
               answered
               ,
               that
               if
               it
               were
               a
               thing
               feasable
               ,
               yet
               they
               assured
               thē selves
               that
               God
               would
               not
               suffer
               it
               to
               be
               revealed
               to
               us
               creatures
               ,
               subject
               to
               so
               many
               imperfections
               being
               a
               thing
               so
               apt
               to
               be
               ab●sed
               to
               ill
               purposes
               ;
               and
               that
               was
               all
               I
               could
               get
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               Now
               after
               it
               was
               known
               that
               Irdonozur
               ,
               the
               great
               Monarch
               ,
               had
               done
               me
               this
               honour
               ,
               it
               is
               strange
               how
               much
               al●
               men
               respected
               me
               more
               than
               before
               :
               my
               Guardians
               ,
               which
               hitherto
               were
               very
               nice
               in
               relating
               any
               thing
               to
               me
               ,
               concerning
               the
               government
               of
               that
               world
               ,
               now
               became
               somewhat
               more
               open
               ,
               so
               as
               I
               could
               learne
               (
               partly
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               partly
               of
               Pylonas
               ,
               )
               what
               I
               shall
               deliver
               unto
               you
               concerning
               that
               matter
               ,
               
               whereof
               I
               will
               onely
               give
               you
               a
               taste
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               referring
               you
               unto
               a
               more
               ample
               discourse
               in
               my
               second
               part
               ,
               which
               at
               my
               returne
               into
               Spaine
               you
               shall
               have
               at
               large
               ;
               but
               not
               till
               then
               ,
               for
               causes
               heretofore
               related
               .
            
             
               In
               a
               thousand
               years
               it
               is
               not
               found
               that
               there
               is
               either
               Whoremonger
               amongst
               them
               ,
               whereof
               these
               reasons
               are
               to
               be
               yielded
               :
               There
               is
               no
               want
               of
               any
               thing
               necessary
               for
               the
               use
               of
               man.
               
            
             
               Food
               groweth
               every
               where
               without
               labour
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               all
               sorts
               to
               be
               desired
               .
            
             
               For
               rayment
               ,
               howsing
               ,
               or
               any
               thing
               els
               that
               you
               may
               imagine
               possible
               for
               a
               man
               to
               want
               ,
               or
               desire
               ,
               it
               is
               provide
               by
               the
               command
               of
               Superiors
               ,
               though
               not
               without
               labour
               ,
               yet
               so
               little
               ,
               as
               they
               do
               nothing
               but
               as
               it
               were
               playing
               ,
               &
               with
               pleasure
               .
            
             
             
               Againe
               their
               Females
               are
               all
               of
               an
               absolute
               beauty
               :
               and
               I
               know
               not
               how
               it
               commeth
               to
               passe
               by
               a
               secret
               disposition
               of
               nature
               there
               that
               a
               man
               having
               once
               known
               a
               Woman
               ,
               never
               desireth
               any
               other
               .
               As
               for
               murther
               ,
               it
               was
               never
               heard
               of
               amongst
               them
               ;
               neither
               is
               it
               a
               thing
               almost
               possible
               to
               be
               committed
               :
               for
               there
               is
               no
               wound
               to
               be
               given
               which
               may
               not
               be
               cured
               :
               they
               assured
               me
               ,
               (
               and
               I
               for
               my
               part
               doe
               believe
               it
               ,
               )
               that
               although
               a
               mans
               head
               be
               cut
               off
               ,
               yet
               if
               any
               time
               within
               the
               space
               of
               Three
               Moons
               it
               be
               put
               together
               ,
               and
               joyned
               to
               the
               Carkasse
               againe
               ,
               with
               the
               appointment
               of
               the
               Juice
               of
               a
               certaine
               hearbe
               ,
               there
               growng
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               joyned
               together
               againe
               ,
               so
               as
               the
               partie
               wounded
               shall
               become
               perfectly
               whole
               in
               a
               few
               houres
               .
            
             
             
               But
               the
               chief
               cause
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               through
               an
               excellent
               disposition
               of
               that
               stature
               of
               people
               there
               ,
               all
               ,
               young
               and
               old
               ,
               do
               hate
               all
               manner
               of
               vice
               ,
               and
               do
               live
               in
               such
               love
               ,
               peace
               ,
               and
               amitie
               ,
               as
               it
               seemeth
               to
               be
               another
               Paradise
               .
               True
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               some
               are
               better
               disposed
               than
               other
               :
               but
               that
               they
               discerne
               immediately
               at
               the
               time
               of
               their
               birth
               .
            
             
               And
               because
               it
               is
               an
               inviolable
               decree
               amongst
               them
               ,
               never
               to
               put
               any
               one
               to
               death
               ,
               perceiving
               by
               the
               stature
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               notes
               they
               have
               ,
               who
               are
               likely
               to
               be
               of
               a
               wicked
               or
               imperfect
               disposition
               ,
               they
               send
               them
               away
               (
               I
               know
               not
               by
               what
               means
               )
               into
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               change
               them
               for
               other
               children
               ,
               before
               they
               shall
               have
               either
               abilitie
               or
               opportunitie
               to
               do
               amisse
               among
               them
               :
               But
               first
               (
               they
               say
               )
               they
               are
               faine
               to
               keepe
               them
               there
               
               for
               a
               certain
               space
               ,
               till
               that
               the
               Aire
               of
               the
               Earth
               may
               alter
               their
               colour
               to
               be
               like
               unto
               ours
               .
            
             
               And
               their
               ordinary
               vent
               for
               them
               is
               a
               certain
               high
               hill
               in
               the
               North
               of
               America
               ,
               whose
               people
               I
               can
               easily
               believe
               to
               be
               wholly
               descended
               of
               them
               ,
               partly
               in
               regard
               of
               their
               colour
               ,
               partly
               also
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               continuall
               use
               of
               Tob●cco
               which
               the
               Lunars
               use
               exceeding
               much
               ,
               as
               living
               in
               a
               place
               abounding
               wonderfully
               with
               moysture
               ,
               as
               also
               for
               the
               pleasure
               they
               take
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               partly
               in
               some
               other
               respects
               ,
               too
               long
               now
               to
               be
               rehearsed
               .
               Sometimes
               they
               mistake
               their
               aime
               ,
               and
               fall
               upon
               Christendome
               ,
               Asia
               or
               Affricke
               ,
               marry
               that
               is
               but
               seldome
               :
               I
               remember
               some
               years
               since
               ,
               that
               I
               read
               certain
               stories
               tending
               to
               the
               confirmation
               of
               these
               things
               delivered
               by
               these
               Lunars
               ,
               as
               especially
               
               one
               Chapter
               of
               
                 Guil.
                 Neubrigensis
                 ,
                 de
                 reb
                 .
                 Angl.
              
               it
               is
               towards
               the
               end
               of
               his
               first
               book
               ,
               but
               the
               chapter
               I
               cannot
               particularly
               resign
               .
            
             
               Then
               see
               
                 Inigo
                 Mondejar
              
               in
               his
               description
               of
               
                 Nueva
                 Granata
              
               ,
               the
               second
               book
               ;
               as
               also
               
                 Joseph
                 Desia
                 de
                 Carana
              
               ,
               in
               his
               history
               of
               Mexico
               :
               if
               my
               memory
               faile
               me
               not
               ,
               you
               will
               find
               that
               in
               these
               ,
               which
               will
               make
               my
               report
               much
               the
               more
               credible
               :
               But
               for
               testimonies
               I
               care
               not
               .
            
             
               May
               I
               once
               have
               the
               happinesse
               to
               return
               home
               in
               safety
               ,
               I
               will
               yield
               such
               demonstrations
               ,
               of
               all
               I
               deliver
               ,
               as
               shall
               quickly
               make
               void
               all
               doubt
               of
               the
               truth
               hereof
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               will
               aske
               me
               further
               of
               the
               manner
               of
               government
               amongst
               the
               Lunars
               ,
               and
               how
               Justice
               is
               executed
               ?
               
               Alas
               what
               need
               is
               there
               of
               Exemplary
               punishment
               ,
               where
               there
               are
               no
               offences
               committed
               :
               they
               need
               there
               no
               Lawyers
               ,
               for
               there
               is
               never
               any
               contention
               ,
               the
               seeds
               thereof
               ,
               if
               any
               begin
               to
               sprout
               ,
               being
               presently
               by
               the
               wisedom
               of
               the
               next
               Superior
               puld
               up
               by
               the
               roots
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               little
               need
               is
               there
               of
               Physicians
               ;
               they
               never
               misdiet
               themselves
               ,
               their
               Aire
               is
               alwayes
               temperate
               and
               pure
               ,
               neither
               is
               there
               any
               occasion
               at
               all
               of
               sicknes
               ,
               as
               to
               me
               it
               seemed
               at
               least
               ,
               for
               I
               could
               not
               hear
               that
               ever
               any
               of
               them
               were
               sicke
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               time
               that
               nature
               hath
               assigned
               unto
               them
               being
               spent
               ,
               without
               any
               paine
               at
               all
               they
               die
               ,
               or
               rather
               (
               I
               should
               say
               )
               cease
               to
               live
               ,
               as
               a
               candle
               to
               give
               light
               ,
               when
               that
               which
               nourisheth
               it
               is
               consumed
               .
            
             
             
               I
               was
               once
               at
               the
               departure
               of
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               which
               I
               wondred
               much
               to
               behold
               ;
               for
               notwithstanding
               the
               happy
               life
               ●e
               led
               ,
               and
               multitude
               of
               friends
               and
               children
               he
               should
               forsake
               ,
               as
               soone
               as
               certainly
               he
               understood
               and
               perceived
               his
               end
               to
               approach
               ,
               he
               prepared
               a
               great
               feast
               ,
               and
               c●●●ing
               about
               him
               all
               those
               he
               especially
               esteemed
               of
               ,
               he
               bids
               them
               be
               merry
               and
               rejoyce
               with
               him
               ;
               for
               that
               the
               time
               was
               come
               he
               should
               now
               leave
               the
               counterfeit
               pleasures
               of
               that
               world
               ,
               and
               be
               made
               partaker
               of
               all
               true
               joyes
               and
               perfect
               happinesse
               .
            
             
               I
               wondred
               not
               so
               much
               at
               his
               constancy
               ,
               as
               the
               behaviour
               of
               those
               his
               friends
               :
               with
               us
               in
               the
               like
               case
               ,
               all
               seeme
               to
               mourne
               ,
               when
               often
               some
               of
               them
               do
               but
               laugh
               in
               their
               sleeves
               ,
               or
               as
               one
               sayes
               ,
               under
               a
               visard
               .
            
             
             
               They
               all
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               young
               and
               old
               ,
               both
               seemingly
               ,
               and
               in
               my
               conscience
               ,
               sincerely
               ●●id
               rejoyce
               thereat
               ,
               so
               as
               if
               any
               dissembled
               ,
               it
               was
               but
               their
               own
               griefe
               conceived
               for
               their
               own
               particular
               losse
               .
            
             
               Their
               bodies
               being
               dead
               ,
               putrifie
               not
               ,
               and
               therefore
               are
               not
               buried
               ,
               but
               kept
               in
               certaine
               Roomes
               ordained
               for
               that
               purpose
               ;
               so
               as
               most
               of
               them
               can
               shew
               their
               Ancestors
               bodies
               uncorrupt
               for
               many
               generations
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               never
               any
               raine
               ,
               wind
               ,
               or
               change
               of
               the
               Aire
               ,
               never
               either
               Summer
               ,
               or
               Winter
               ,
               but
               as
               it
               were
               a
               perpetuall
               Spring
               ,
               yeelding
               all
               pleasure
               ,
               all
               content
               ,
               and
               that
               free
               from
               any
               annoyance
               at
               all
               .
            
             
               O
               my
               Wife
               and
               Children
               ,
               what
               wrong
               have
               you
               done
               me
               to
               bereave
               me
               of
               the
               happinesse
               of
               that
               place
               !
               but
               it
               maketh
               no
               matter
               ,
               for
               
               by
               this
               voyage
               am
               I
               sufficiently
               assured
               ,
               that
               ere
               long
               the
               race
               of
               my
               mortall
               life
               being
               run
               ,
               I
               shall
               attain
               a
               greater
               happiness
               elsewhere
               ,
               and
               that
               everlasting
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               the
               Ninth
               day
               of
               September
               that
               I
               began
               to
               ascend
               from
               
                 El
                 Pico
              
               ;
               twelve
               dayes
               I
               was
               upon
               my
               Voyage
               ,
               and
               arrived
               in
               that
               Region
               of
               the
               Moon
               ,
               that
               they
               call
               
                 Simiri
                 ,
                 September
              
               the
               21.
               following
               .
            
             
               The
               12.
               day
               of
               May
               being
               Friday
               we
               came
               unto
               the
               Court
               of
               the
               great
               Irdonozur
               ,
               and
               returned
               backe
               the
               Seventeenth
               unto
               the
               Palace
               of
               Pylonas
               ,
               there
               I
               continued
               till
               the
               month
               of
               March
               ,
               in
               the
               yeare
               1601.
               at
               what
               time
               I
               earnestly
               besought
               Pylonas
               (
               as
               I
               had
               often
               done
               before
               )
               to
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               depart
               ,
               (
               though
               with
               never
               so
               great
               hazard
               of
               my
               life
               )
               backe
               into
               the
               earth
               againe
               .
            
             
               He
               much
               disswaded
               me
               ,
               laying
               
               before
               me
               the
               danger
               of
               the
               voyage
               ,
               the
               misery
               of
               that
               place
               from
               whence
               I
               came
               ,
               and
               the
               abundant
               happinesse
               of
               that
               I
               now
               was
               in
               ;
               But
               the
               remembrance
               of
               my
               Wife
               and
               children
               overweighed
               all
               these
               reasons
               ,
               and
               to
               tell
               you
               the
               truth
               I
               was
               so
               far
               forth
               moved
               with
               a
               desire
               of
               that
               deserved
               glory
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               purchase
               at
               my
               return
               ,
               as
               me
               thought
               :
               I
               deserved
               not
               the
               name
               of
               a
               Spanyard
               ,
               if
               I
               would
               not
               hazard
               20
               lives
               ,
               rather
               than
               loose
               but
               a
               little
               possibility
               of
               the
               same
               .
               Wherfore
               I
               answered
               him
               ,
               that
               my
               desire
               of
               seing
               my
               children
               was
               such
               ,
               as
               I
               knew
               I
               could
               not
               live
               any
               longer
               ,
               if
               I
               were
               once
               out
               of
               hope
               of
               the
               same
               .
               When
               then
               he
               desired
               one
               years
               stay
               longer
               ,
               I
               told
               him
               it
               was
               manifest
               I
               must
               depart
               now
               or
               never
               :
               My
               Birds
               began
               to
               droop
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               their
               wonted
               migration
               ,
               three
               of
               them
               were
               now
               
               dead
               ,
               and
               if
               a
               few
               more
               failed
               ,
               I
               was
               for
               ever
               destitute
               of
               all
               possibility
               of
               returning
               .
            
             
               With
               much
               adoe
               at
               last
               he
               condescended
               unto
               my
               request●
               having
               first
               acquainted
               the
               great
               Irdonozur
               with
               my
               desire
               ,
               then
               perceiving
               by
               the
               often
               b●iting
               of
               my
               Birds
               ,
               a
               great
               longing
               in
               them
               to
               take
               their
               flight
               ,
               I
               cr●mmed
               up
               mine
               Engine
               ,
               and
               took
               my
               leave
               of
               Pylonas
               ,
               who
               (
               for
               all
               the
               courtesie
               he
               had
               done
               me
               )
               required
               of
               me
               but
               one
               thing
               ,
               which
               was
               ,
               faithfully
               to
               promise
               him
               ,
               that
               if
               ever
               I
               had
               means
               thereunto
               ,
               I
               should
               salute
               from
               him
               Elizabeth
               ,
               whom
               he
               tearmed
               the
               great
               Queen
               of
               England
               ,
               calling
               her
               the
               most
               glorious
               of
               all
               women
               living
               ;
               and
               indeed
               he
               would
               often
               question
               with
               me
               of
               her
               ,
               and
               therein
               delighted
               so
               much
               ,
               as
               it
               seemed
               he
               was
               never
               satisfied
               in
               talkking
               
               of
               her
               ;
               he
               also
               delivered
               unto
               me
               a
               token
               or
               present
               for
               her
               of
               no
               small
               Value
               :
               Though
               I
               account
               her
               an
               enemy
               of
               Spaine
               ,
               I
               may
               not
               faile
               of
               performing
               this
               promise
               as
               soon
               as
               I
               shall
               be
               able
               so
               to
               do
               :
               upon
               the
               29.
               day
               of
               March
               being
               Thursday
               ,
               3.
               dayes
               after
               my
               awaking
               from
               the
               last
               Moons
               light
               ,
               I
               fastened
               my self
               to
               mine
               Engine
               ,
               not
               forgetting
               to
               take
               with
               me
               ,
               besides
               the
               Jewels
               Irdonozur
               had
               given
               me
               (
               with
               whose
               use
               and
               vertues
               Pylonas
               had
               acquainted
               me
               at
               large
               )
               a
               small
               quantitie
               of
               Victuall
               ,
               wherefore
               afterward
               I
               had
               great
               use
               ,
               as
               shall
               be
               declared
               .
            
             
               An
               infinite
               multitude
               of
               people
               ,
               (
               and
               amongst
               the
               rest
               Pylonas
               himself
               being
               present
               ,
               )
               after
               I
               had
               given
               him
               the
               last
               
                 Bezalos
                 manos
              
               ,
               I
               let
               loose
               the
               raines
               unto
               my
               Birds
               ,
               who
               with
               great
               greediness
               taking
               wing
               quickly
               
               carried
               me
               out
               of
               their
               sight
               ,
               it
               fel
               out
               with
               me
               as
               in
               my
               first
               passage
               ,
               I
               never
               felt
               either
               hunger
               or
               thirst
               ,
               till
               I
               arrived
               in
               China
               upon
               a
               high
               mountain
               ,
               some
               5
               Leagues
               from
               the
               high
               and
               mighty
               City
               of
               Pachin
               .
            
             
               This
               Voyage
               was
               performed
               in
               lesse
               than
               9
               dayes
               ;
               I
               heard
               no
               news
               by
               the
               way
               of
               these
               airie
               men
               ,
               which
               I
               had
               seen
               in
               my
               ascending
               .
            
             
               Nothing
               stayed
               my
               journey
               any
               whit
               at
               all
               :
               Whether
               it
               was
               the
               earnest
               desire
               of
               my
               Birds
               ,
               to
               return
               to
               the
               Earth
               ,
               where
               they
               had
               missed
               one
               season
               ,
               or
               that
               the
               attraction
               of
               the
               Earth
               so
               much
               stronger
               than
               that
               of
               the
               Moon
               ,
               furthered
               their
               labour
               ;
               so
               it
               came
               to
               passe
               ;
               although
               now
               I
               had
               3
               Birds
               wanting
               of
               those
               I
               carried
               forth
               with
               me
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               first
               8
               days
               my
               Birds
               flew
               before
               ,
               and
               I
               with
               the
               Engine
               was
               as
               it
               were
               drawn
               by
               them
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Ninth
               day
               when
               I
               began
               to
               approach
               unto
               the
               Clouds
               ,
               I
               perceived
               my self
               and
               mine
               Engine
               to
               sink
               towards
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               go
               before
               them
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               then
               horribly
               afraid
               ,
               lest
               my
               Birds
               ,
               not
               being
               able
               to
               bear
               our
               weight
               ,
               they
               being
               so
               few
               ,
               should
               be
               constrained
               to
               precipitate
               both
               me
               and
               themselves
               head
               long
               to
               the
               Earth
               :
               wherefore
               I
               thought
               it
               no
               less
               than
               needfull
               to
               make
               use
               of
               the
               Ebelus
               ,
               (
               one
               of
               the
               stones
               bestowed
               upon
               me
               by
               
                 Irdono
                 ●ur
              
               ,
               )
               which
               I
               clapped
               to
               my
               bare
               flesh
               within
               my
               hose
               :
               and
               it
               appeared
               manifestly
               thereupon
               unto
               me
               that
               my
               Birds
               made
               their
               way
               with
               much
               greater
               ease
               than
               before
               ,
               as
               being
               lightned
               of
               a
               great
               burthen
               ;
               neither
               do
               I
               think
               it
               possible
               for
               them
               to
               have
               let
               me
               down
               safely
               unto
               the
               Earth
               without
               that
               help
               .
            
             
             
               China
               is
               a
               Countrey
               so
               populous
               ,
               as
               I
               thinke
               there
               is
               hardly
               a
               piece
               of
               ground
               to
               be
               found
               (
               in
               the
               most
               barren
               parts
               of
               the
               same
               )
               though
               but
               thrice
               a
               mans
               length
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               most
               carefully
               manured
               .
               I
               being
               yet
               in
               the
               Aire
               ,
               some
               of
               the
               Country
               people
               had
               espied
               me
               ,
               &
               came
               running
               unto
               me
               by
               troops
               ,
               they
               seised
               upon
               me
               ,
               and
               would
               needs●
               by
               and
               by
               ,
               carrie
               me
               unto
               an
               Officer
               .
               I
               seeing
               no
               other
               remedy
               ,
               yielded
               my selfe
               unto
               them
               .
               But
               when
               I
               assayed
               to
               go
               ,
               I
               found
               my selfe
               so
               light
               ,
               that
               I
               had
               much
               adoe
               ,
               one
               foote
               being
               upon
               the
               ground
               ,
               to
               set
               downe
               the
               other
               ,
               that
               was
               by
               reason
               of
               my
               Ebelus
               ,
               so
               applyed
               ,
               as
               it
               tooke
               quite
               away
               all
               weight
               and
               ponderousnesse
               from
               my
               body
               :
               Wherefore
               bethinking
               my selfe
               what
               was
               to
               be●
               done
               ,
               I
               fained
               a
               desire
               of
               performing
               the
               
               necessitie
               of
               nature
               ,
               which
               by
               signes
               being
               made
               known
               unto
               them
               (
               for
               they
               understood
               not
               a
               word
               of
               any
               Language
               I
               could
               speak
               )
               they
               permitted
               me
               to
               go
               aside
               among
               a
               few
               bushes
               ,
               assuring
               themselves
               that
               for
               me
               to
               escape
               from
               them
               it
               was
               impossible
               ;
               Being
               there
               I
               remembred
               the
               directiōs
               Pylonas
               had
               given
               me
               ,
               concerning
               the
               use
               of
               my
               stones
               ,
               and
               first
               I
               took
               them
               all
               together
               ,
               with
               a
               few
               Jewells
               yet
               remaining
               of
               those
               I
               had
               brought
               out
               of
               India
               ,
               and
               knit
               them
               up
               in
               my
               handkerchief
               ,
               all
               ,
               except
               one
               the
               least
               and
               worst
               Ebelus
               .
            
             
               Him
               I
               found
               means
               to
               apply
               in
               such
               sort
               unto
               my
               body
               ,
               as
               but
               the
               halfe
               of
               his
               side
               touched
               my
               skin
               ,
               whereby
               it
               came
               to
               passe
               that
               my
               body
               then
               had
               but
               half
               the
               weight
               ,
               that
               being
               done
               I
               drew
               towards
               these
               my
               Guardians
               ,
               till
               seeing
               them
               
               come
               somewhat
               neer
               together
               they
               could
               not
               crosse
               my
               way
               ,
               I
               shewed
               them
               a
               fair
               paire
               of
               heeles
               .
            
             
               This
               I
               did
               to
               the
               end
               I
               might
               recover
               an
               opportunity
               of
               finding
               my
               Stones
               ,
               and
               Jewells
               ,
               which
               I
               knew
               they
               would
               rob
               me
               off
               ,
               if
               I
               prevented
               them
               not
               .
            
             
               Being
               thus
               lightned
               ,
               I
               bid
               them
               such
               a
               base
               ,
               as
               had
               they
               been
               all
               upon
               the
               backs
               of
               so
               many
               Zebra's
               ,
               they
               could
               never
               have
               overtaken
               me
               :
               I
               directed
               my
               course
               unto
               a
               certain
               thick
               wood
               ,
               into
               which
               I
               entred
               some
               quarter
               of
               a
               League
               ,
               and
               then
               finding
               a
               pretty
               spring
               ,
               (
               which
               I
               took
               for
               my
               marke
               )
               hard
               by
               it
               ,
               I
               thrust
               my
               Jewells
               into
               a
               little
               hole
               made
               by
               a
               Want
               ,
               or
               some
               such
               like
               creature
               .
            
             
               Then
               I
               took
               out
               of
               my
               pocket
               my
               Victualls
               ,
               (
               to
               which
               in
               all
               my
               Voyage
               I
               had
               not
               till
               then
               any
               desire
               )
               
               and
               refreshed
               my self
               therewith
               ,
               til
               such
               time
               as
               the
               people
               pursuing
               me
               ,
               had
               overtaken
               me
               ,
               into
               whose
               hands
               I
               quietly
               delivered
               my self
               .
            
             
               They
               led
               me
               unto
               a
               mean
               Officer
               ,
               who
               (
               understanding
               that
               once
               I
               had
               escaped
               from
               them
               that
               first
               apprehended
               me
               ,
               )
               caused
               a
               certain
               seat
               to
               be
               made
               of
               boords
               ,
               into
               which
               they
               closed
               me
               in
               such
               sort
               ,
               as
               onely
               my
               head
               was
               at
               liberty
               ,
               and
               then
               carried
               me
               upon
               the
               shoulders
               of
               4
               slaves
               ,
               (
               like
               some
               notorious
               malefactor
               )
               before
               a
               man
               of
               great
               authority
               ,
               whom
               in
               their
               language
               (
               as
               after
               I
               learned
               )
               they
               called
               a
               Mandarine
               ,
               abiding
               two
               days
               journey
               off
               ,
               to
               wit
               one
               League
               distant
               from
               the
               great
               and
               famous
               City
               of
               Pachin
               ,
               or
               Paquin
               ,
               by
               the
               Chinesse
               called
               Suntien
               .
            
             
               Their
               language
               I
               could
               no
               way
               
               understand
               ;
               onely
               this
               I
               could
               discerne
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               for
               something
               or
               other
               accused
               with
               a
               great
               deale
               of
               vehemence
               .
            
             
               The
               substance
               of
               this
               accusation
               it
               seemes
               was
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               a
               Magician
               ,
               as
               witnessed
               my
               strange
               carriage
               in
               the
               aire
               ;
               that
               being
               a
               stranger
               ,
               as
               appeared
               by
               my
               both
               language
               and
               habit
               ,
               I
               contrary
               to
               the
               Lawes
               of
               China
               ,
               entred
               into
               the
               Kingdome
               without
               warrant
               ,
               and
               that
               probably
               with
               no
               good
               intent
               .
               The
               Mandarine
               heard
               them
               out
               ,
               with
               a
               great
               deale
               of
               composed
               gravitie
               ;
               and
               being
               a
               man
               of
               quicke
               apprehension
               ,
               and
               withall
               studious
               of
               novelties
               ,
               he
               answered
               them
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               take
               such
               order
               with
               me
               ,
               as
               the
               case
               required
               ,
               and
               that
               my
               bold
               attempt
               should
               not
               want
               its
               deserved
               punishment
               .
               But
               having
               dismissed
               them
               ,
               he
               gave
               order
               to
               his
               Servants
               ,
               that
               I
               
               should
               be
               kept
               in
               some
               remote
               parts
               of
               his
               vast
               Palace
               ,
               and
               be
               strictly
               watched
               ,
               but
               courteously
               used
               :
               This
               doe
               I
               conjecture
               ,
               by
               what
               at
               the
               present
               I
               found
               ,
               and
               what
               after
               followed
               .
               For
               my
               accommodation
               was
               every
               way
               better
               ,
               than
               I
               could
               expect
               ;
               I
               lodged
               well
               ,
               fared
               well
               ,
               was
               attended
               well
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               fault
               any
               thing
               ,
               but
               my
               restraint
               .
               In
               this
               manner
               did
               I
               continue
               many
               moneths
               ,
               afflicted
               with
               nothing
               so
               much
               as
               with
               the
               thought
               of
               my
               Gansa's
               ;
               which
               I
               knew
               must
               be
               irrecoverably
               lost
               ,
               as
               indeed
               they
               were
               .
               But
               in
               this
               time
               ,
               by
               my
               own
               industry
               ,
               and
               the
               forwardness
               of
               those
               that
               accompanied
               me
               ,
               I
               was
               grown
               indifferent
               ready
               in
               the
               ordinary
               language
               of
               that
               Province
               ,
               (
               for
               almost
               every
               Province
               in
               China
               ,
               hath
               its
               proper
               Language
               )
               whereat
               I
               discerned
               they
               tooke
               no
               small
               content
               .
               
               I
               was
               at
               length
               to
               take
               the
               aire
               ,
               and
               brought
               into
               the
               spacious
               garden
               of
               that
               Palace
               ,
               a
               place
               of
               excellent
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               delight
               ,
               as
               being
               planted
               with
               herbes
               and
               Flowers
               of
               admirable
               both
               sweetnes
               &
               beauty
               ,
               and
               almost
               infinite
               variety
               of
               fruits
               both
               European
               &
               others
               ,
               &
               all
               those
               composed
               with
               that
               rare
               curiosity
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               ravished
               with
               the
               cōtemplation
               of
               such
               delightfull
               objects
               .
               But
               I
               had
               not
               here
               long
               recreated
               my self
               ,
               yet
               the
               Mandarine
               entred
               the
               Garden
               ,
               on
               that
               side
               where
               I
               was
               walking
               ,
               and
               being
               advertised
               thereof
               by
               his
               servants
               ,
               &
               wished
               to
               kneel
               down
               to
               him
               (
               as
               I
               after
               found
               it
               to
               be
               the
               usuall
               publique
               reverence
               to
               those
               great
               Officers
               )
               I
               did
               so
               ,
               and
               humbly
               craved
               his
               favour
               towards
               a
               poor
               stranger
               ,
               that
               arrived
               in
               those
               parts
               not
               by
               his
               own
               destination
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               secret
               disposal
               of
               the
               heavens
               :
               
               He
               in
               a
               different
               language
               (
               which
               al
               the
               Mandarines
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               since
               learned
               ,
               do
               use
               )
               and
               that
               like
               that
               of
               the
               Lunars
               did
               cōsist
               much
               of
               tunes
               ,
               but
               was
               by
               one
               of
               his
               servants
               interpreted
               to
               me
               .
               He
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               wished
               me
               to
               be
               of
               good
               comfort
               ,
               for
               that
               he
               intended
               no
               harm
               unto
               me
               ,
               and
               so
               passed
               on
               .
               The
               next
               day
               was
               I
               commanded
               to
               come
               before
               him
               ,
               and
               so
               conducted
               into
               a
               sumptuous
               dining
               roome
               exquisitely
               painted
               and
               adorned
               .
               The
               Mandarine
               having
               commanded
               all
               to
               avoid
               the
               room
               ,
               vouchsafed
               conference
               with
               me
               in
               the
               vulgar
               language
               ;
               inquiring
               first
               the
               estate
               of
               my
               Countrey
               ,
               the
               power
               of
               my
               Prince
               ,
               the
               religion
               &
               manners
               of
               the
               people
               ;
               wherein
               being
               satisfied
               by
               me
               ,
               he
               at
               last
               descended
               to
               the
               particulars
               of
               my
               education
               and
               studies
               ,
               and
               what
               brought
               me
               into
               this
               remote
               country
               :
               Then
               did
               I
               at
               
               large
               declare
               unto
               him
               the
               adventure
               of
               my
               life
               ,
               onely
               omitting
               here
               &
               there
               ,
               what
               particulars
               I
               thought
               good
               ,
               forbearing
               especially
               any
               mētion
               of
               the
               stones
               given
               me
               by
               Irdonozur
               .
               The
               strangenes
               of
               my
               story
               did
               much
               amaze
               him
               .
               And
               finding
               in
               all
               my
               discourse
               nothing
               any
               way
               tending
               to
               Magick
               ;
               (
               wherein
               he
               had
               hoped
               by
               my
               means
               to
               have
               gaind
               some
               knowledge
               )
               he
               began
               to
               admire
               the
               excellencie
               of
               my
               wit
               ,
               applauding
               me
               for
               the
               happiest
               man
               ,
               that
               this
               world
               had
               ever
               produced
               :
               and
               wishing
               me
               to
               repose
               my self
               after
               my
               long
               narration
               ,
               he
               for
               that
               time
               dismissed
               me
               .
               After
               this
               ,
               the
               Mandarine
               took
               such
               delight
               in
               me
               ,
               that
               no
               day
               passed
               ,
               wherein
               he
               sent
               not
               for
               me
               .
               At
               length
               he
               advised
               me
               to
               apparell
               my self
               in
               the
               habit
               of
               the
               Country
               (
               which
               I
               willingly
               did
               )
               and
               gave
               me
               not
               only
               the
               liberty
               
               of
               his
               house
               ,
               but
               took
               me
               also
               abroad
               with
               him
               ,
               when
               he
               went
               to
               Paquin
               ,
               whereby
               I
               had
               the
               opportunitie
               by
               degrees
               to
               learn
               the
               disposition
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               the
               policy
               of
               the
               Country
               ,
               which
               I
               shall
               reserve
               for
               my
               second
               part
               .
               Neither
               did
               I
               by
               this
               my
               attendance
               on
               him
               gain
               only
               the
               knowledge
               of
               these
               things
               ,
               but
               the
               possibility
               also
               of
               being
               restored
               to
               my
               native
               soyl
               ,
               and
               to
               those
               dear
               pledges
               which
               I
               value
               above
               the
               world
               ,
               my
               Wife
               and
               children
               .
               For
               by
               often
               frequenting
               Paquin
               ,
               I
               at
               length
               heard
               of
               some
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Society
               that
               were
               become
               famous
               for
               the
               extraordinary
               favour
               by
               the
               King
               vouchsafed
               them
               ,
               to
               whom
               they
               had
               presented
               some
               European
               trifles
               ,
               as
               Clocks
               ,
               Watches
               ,
               Dials
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               which
               with
               him
               passed
               for
               exquisite
               rarities
               .
               To
               them
               by
               the
               Mandarines
               
               leave
               ,
               I
               repaired
               ,
               was
               welcomed
               by
               them
               ,
               they
               much
               wondring
               to
               see
               a
               Lay
               Spaniard
               there
               ,
               whither
               they
               had
               with
               so
               much
               difficulty
               obtained
               leave
               to
               arrive
               .
               There
               did
               I
               relate
               to
               Father
               Pantoja
               ,
               and
               those
               others
               of
               the
               society
               these
               fore-related
               adventures
               ,
               by
               whose
               directions
               I
               put
               them
               in
               writing
               ,
               and
               sent
               this
               story
               of
               my
               fortunes
               to
               Macao
               ,
               from
               thence
               to
               be
               coveighed
               for
               Spaine
               ,
               as
               a
               forerunner
               of
               my
               return
               .
               And
               the
               Mandarine
               being
               very
               indulgent
               unto
               me
               ,
               I
               came
               often
               unto
               the
               Fathers
               ,
               with
               whom
               I
               consulted
               about
               many
               secrets
               with
               them
               ;
               also
               did
               I
               lay
               a
               foundation
               for
               my
               returne
               ,
               the
               blessed
               houre
               whereof
               I
               do
               with
               patience
               expect
               ;
               that
               by
               inriching
               my
               Country
               with
               the
               knowledge
               of
               hidden
               mysteries
               ,
               I
               may
               once
               reape
               the
               glory
               of
               my
               fortunate
               misfortunes
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
             
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               NUNCIUS
               INANIMATUS
               .
            
             
               By
               F.G.
               B.
               of
               H.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Joshua
                 Kirton
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Signe
               of
               the
               Kings
               Arms
               in
               St.
               Pauls
               Church-yard
               .
               1657.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               NUNCIUS
               Inanimatus
               .
            
             
               NEminem
               latere
               potest
               ,
               qui
               Philosophiam
               vel
               primis
               (
               quod
               aiunt
               )
               labris
               degustarit
               ,
               ad
               intellectum
               humanum
               nihil
               nisi
               exteriorum
               sensuum
               adminiculo
               pervenire
               ;
               ut
               ,
               qui
               alium
               sive
               absentem
               ,
               sive
               Praesentem
               ,
               suae
               voluntatis
               certiorem
               facere
               velit
               ,
               hunc
               aditu
               ingredi
               omnino
               habeat
               necesse
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Et
               apud
               praesentes
               quidem
               alio
               vix
               utimur
               Medio
               ,
               quam
               sermonis
               ;
               qui
               Auditus
               ministerio
               mentem
               menti
               solet
               apte
               convenire
               ,
               &
               quasi
               conjungere
               ;
               nisi
               for●●
               Palias
               al●quis
               reperiatur
               quand●que
               ,
               qui
               (
               ut
               de
               Claudiano
               illo
               liberto
               Tacitus
               )
               servis
               nihil
               nisi
               scripto
               ,
               aut
               nutu
               mandare
               solitus
               est
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Absenti
               qui
               volunt
               aliquid
               indicare
               ,
               &
               Nunciorum
               fidei
               non
               omnia
               credere
               ,
               per
               oculos
               ingerunt
               ,
               quae
               per
               aures
               non
               possunt
               ,
               aut
               non
               tutum
               existimant
               :
               quem
               quidem
               in
               
               finem
               literas
               solemus
               exarare
               ,
               animi
               Indices
               quae
               jussa
               plerunque
               satis
               fideliter
               peragunt
               nisi
               ubi
               ,
               ve●
               Nuncio●ū
               persidia
               ,
               aut
               negligentia
               vel
               Itinerum
               impedimenta
               in
               causa
               sunt
               ,
               ut
               ad
               destina●ū
               locū
               Indicia
               nostra
               non
               perveniant
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               His
               incommodis
               remedia
               nonnulla
               sunt
               ab
               Antiquis
               excogitata
               ,
               quae
               praeterea
               quod
               viam
               expedire
               videbantur
               ,
               &
               Nuncios
               adhibere
               ,
               qui
               facile
               non
               possunt
               corrumpi
               ,
               celeritatem
               etiam
               pollicebantur
               ,
               qualem
               Nullus
               hominum
               praestare
               posset
               ,
               nisi
               qui
               tanquam
               Perseus
               alter
               ,
               Pegasum
               nescio
               quem
               Alarum
               (
               ut
               literas
               ,
               seque
               perferat
               ,
               )
               nactus
               fuisset
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Illorum
               inventa
               hujusmodi
               apud
               Historicos
               commemorata
               non
               pigebit
               paucis
               recensere
               ,
               ut
               postquam
               Nuncium
               porro
               hunc
               meum
               descripserim
               ,
               &
               quid
               polliceatur
               retulerim
               ,
               quantum
               nostra
               Commenta
               Antiquorum
               illa
               transcendant
               ,
               tunc
               demum
               lectori
               innotescat
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Cecinna
               Volaterrarius
               (
               ut
               habet
               Plinius
               )
               comprehensas
               Hirundines
               in
               urbem
               secum
               auferens
               ,
               
               victoriae
               nuncias
               amicis
               mittebat
               ,
               illito
               victoriae
               colore
               ,
               Tradit
               &
               Fabius
               Pictor
               in
               Annalibus
               suis
               ,
               cum
               obsideretur
               praesidium
               Rom
               :
               ●
               Ligustinis
               ,
               Hirundinem
               a
               pullis
               ad
               se
               alla●am
               lino
               ad
               pedem
               eius
               alligato
               ,
               ut
               nodis
               significaret
               ,
               quo
               die
               adveniente
               auxilio
               Eruptio
               sieri
               deberet
               .
               Et
               D.
               Brutus
               in
               obsidione
               
               Mutinensi
               ,
               Epistolas
               annexas
               columbarum
               pedibus
               ,
               misit
               in
               Castra
               consilium
               .
               
            
             
               7.
               
               Sed
               horum
               omnium
               inventa
               multis
               gradibus
               superavit
               illud
               Mamaluchorum
               AEgiptiorum
               Alexandriam
               incolentium
               ,
               de
               quibus
               sic
               scribit
               Bern
               :
               quidem
               de
               Breidenbach
               Decanus
               Moguntinus
               .
               Quanquam
               forte
               fit
               difficile
               creditu
               ,
               (
               inquit
               ille
               )
               tamen
               omnino
               sic
               se
               habet
               ,
               quod
               narrabo
               :
               
               Amiraldus
               semper
               apud
               se
               quasdam
               disciplinatas
               habet
               columbas
               ,
               sic
               edoctas
               ,
               ut
               quocunque
               perrexerint
               ,
               in
               Amiraldi
               curiam
               revertantur
               :
               Earum
               duas
               aut
               tres
               Naucleri
               ,
               (
               emissi
               in
               occursum
               Alexandrinum
               portum
               petentium
               )
               secum
               recipientes
               ,
               educunt
               per
               mare
               usque
               ad
               locum
               in
               quo
               advenientes
               possunt
               explorare
               ,
               ubi
               mox
               conscriptam
               schedulam
               continentem
               quae
               scitu
               necessaria
               sunt
               ,
               ad
               collum
               vnius
               Columbae
               suspendunt
               ,
               eamque
               sinunt
               avolare
               ,
               quae
               continuo
               volatu
               ad
               mensam
               usque
               Amiraldi
               schedulam
               afferens
               ,
               quales
               sint
               venientes
               indicat
               :
               Quod
               si
               post
               primam
               emissam
               columbam
               ,
               aliud
               quidpiam
               Amiraldo
               fuerit●
               significandum
               ,
               mox
               secundam
               emittunt
               Columbam
               ,
               vel
               etiam
               tertiam
               si
               necesse
               fuerit
               :
               &
               ita
               longe
               antequam
               Naves
               portum
               intrent
               ,
               Amiraldus
               de
               eis
               est
               edoctus
               .
               Dicitur
               etiam
               quod
               alias
               habet
               Columbas
               ,
               quas
               usque
               in
               Cayrum
               emittit
               ad
               Soldanum
               ,
               tempore
               quo
               aliquod
               repentinum
               &
               ardu●●
               
               inciderit
               negotium
               ,
               sibi
               necessario
               significandum
               Porro
               si
               Naucleri
               ab
               ipso
               Amiraldo
               emissi
               navium
               conditiones
               investiga●e
               nequiverint
               ,
               hoc
               ipsum
               per
               Columbas
               sibi
               renunciant
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               Hisce
               ,
               similibusque
               rationibus
               al●
               quid
               significatum
               quandoque
               comper●mus
               sed
               avbus
               semper
               Baj●lis
               ;
               cum
               nos
               internuncium
               dare
               polliceamur
               ,
               qui
               non
               solum
               non
               Ales
               ,
               aut
               Alatus
               ,
               sed
               ne
               Animal
               quidem
               sit
               ;
               &
               tamen
               Celeritate
               Animal●um
               quodvis
               ,
               vel
               pervelocissimū
               ,
               multis
               quod
               aiunt
               parasangis
               ●nteeat
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               Ad
               institutum
               igitur
               nostrum
               propius
               accedit
               illud
               illorum
               ,
               qui
               noctu
               accensis
               ignibus
               ,
               interdiu
               ,
               Pumo
               ,
               amicis
               procul
               dissitis
               ,
               brevissimo
               temporis
               spatio
               quod
               visu
               fuerit
               ,
               significarunt
               .
               Sic
               Graecie
               Chio
               Confoederatis
               suis
               ,
               qui
               ad
               Artemisium
               castra
               habebant
               ;
               &
               Mardonius
               Persa
               ab
               Athenis
               in
               Asiam
               u●que
               :
               sicuti
               ab
               Herodoto
               traditum
               est
               .
            
             
               10.
               ●sti
               enimvero
               (
               quantum
               perspicio
               )
               non
               omnia
               quae
               expedire
               viderentur
               ,
               hujusmodi
               signis
               enunciabant
               ,
               sed
               unum
               duntaxat
               aliquod●
               de
               quo
               ,
               inter
               ipsos
               antea
               Conventum
               suerat
               ;
               utpote
               ,
               Athenas
               ●o
               temporis
               ●rticulo
               captas
               ,
               aut
               exsce●sionem
               factam
               in
               terram
               hostilem
               ,
               tum
               ,
               cum
               in
               illis
               locis
               aut
               fl●mma
               ,
               aut
               fumus
               excitatus
               fuisser
               .
            
             
             
               11.
               
               Plus
               multo
               mihi
               videntur
               praestitisse
               Tibe●iani
               illi
               apud
               Suetonium
               ;
               qui
               quo
               tempore
               P●udentium
               ille
               n●qu●ssimus
               in
               Caprearum
               insula
               helluaretur
               ,
               actum
               p●aecipue
               quando
               Sejanum
               opprimere
               satagebat
               ,
               Signa
               ,
               (
               ne
               Nuncii
               moratentur
               )
               tolli
               procul
               ,
               ut
               qiudque
               foret
               factu
               ,
               mandavit
               ,
               quae
               verba
               videntur
               innuere
               ita
               rationes
               suas
               instituisse
               Tiberium
               ,
               ut
               omnia
               Cogintu
               necessaria
               pe●
               hujusmodi
               signa
               in
               Continenti
               procul
               elata
               ipse
               in
               Insula
               degens
               ,
               intell
               exerit
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Qua
               in
               re
               si
               non
               hallucinor
               ,
               facile
               subeat
               admirari
               ,
               qui
               evenia●
               ,
               ut
               ars
               hujusmodi
               ,
               omnia
               animi
               nostri
               sensa
               sic
               sine
               Nunciis
               ad
               absentes
               procul
               annunciandi
               in
               hac
               nostrae
               Europa
               interi●rit
               ,
               aut
               saltem
               ab
               eo
               tempore
               nusquam
               fuerit
               usurpata
               quantum
               Historiarum
               classicarum
               lectione
               possum
               reperire
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               In
               hac
               inquam
               nostra
               Europa
               :
               nam
               apud
               Ca●ajanos
               in
               summa
               perfectione
               hodi●quev
               gere
               ,
               clarissime
               patet
               ,
               clarissimi
               Scriptoris
               testimonio
               Aug
               :
               Busbequii
               de
               cujus
               fide
               dubitare
               esset
               nefas
               ,
               nisi
               is
               aliena
               fide
               niteretur
               ,
               se
               ipsum
               audiamus
               sic
               loquentem
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               Postquam
               multorum
               Mensuum
               labore
               ad
               angustias
               ac
               veluti
               claustia
               regni
               Catayani
               perventum
               est
               ,
               asperis
               montibus
               praerup●●que
               saxis
               circumdata
               ;
               nec
               potest
               intrari
               n●si
               perfauces
               ,
               quae
               Regis
               illius
               praesidiis
               tenentur
               :
               ibi
               Mercatores
               interrogantur
               quid
               ferant
               ,
               undeveniant
               ,
               
               &
               quo
               sint
               numero
               ;
               qua
               cognita
               ,
               regii
               praesidiarii
               interdiu
               fumo
               ,
               noctu
               per
               ignes
               proximae
               speculae
               tradunt
               ,
               illa
               deinceps
               sequenti
               ,
               ac
               sic
               deinceps
               ,
               donec
               aliquothorarum
               quod
               plurium
               dierum
               spatio
               non
               potest
               Nuncius
               ,
               Cathaiam
               ad
               regem
               de
               mercatorum
               adventu
               transferatur
               ,
               qui
               quidem
               pari
               celeritate
               eademque
               ratione
               quid
               sibi
               placeat
               ,
               respondet
               ;
               admitti
               omnes
               ,
               an
               partim
               excludi
               aut
               differri
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               Ab
               hujusmodi
               speculis
               ,
               (
               quas
               nos
               Anglice
               Becons
               appellamus
               ;
               )
               aliquid
               enunciari
               posse
               ,
               majores
               nostros
               non
               latere
               patet
               ,
               a
               quibus
               nempe
               morem
               accepimus
               Hostium
               adventum
               earum
               ope
               declarandi
               .
               Verum
               illa
               duntaxat
               ratione
               ,
               tot
               hominum
               &
               jumentorum
               numerum
               ,
               gentium
               mercimonia
               ,
               &
               alia
               scitu
               necessaria
               sigillatim
               referre
               ,
               opus
               videtur
               magis
               arduum
               ,
               &
               difficile
               ,
               quam
               ut
               solertia
               gentis
               Barbarae
               &
               philosophiae
               tam
               humanae
               quam
               divinae
               penitus
               ignaraepraestare
               posse
               existimem
               .
               Atque
               de
               visu
               ,
               quem
               non
               sine
               causa
               Cicero
               sensuum
               acerrimum
               pronunciavit
               .
               )
               Haec
               hactenus
               .
            
             
               16
               Ut
               iam
               ab
               oculis
               ad
               aures
               transeamus
               ;
               legendo
               huc
               usque
               vix
               comperi
               aliquam
               rationem
               excogitatam
               ab
               antiquis
               aut
               a
               Modernis
               usurpatam
               ,
               qua
               hujusce
               sensus
               beneficio
               notitia
               quisque
               perciperit
               a
               loco
               paulo
               longinquiori
               intervallo
               dissito
               ,
               insuper
               Nuncii
               
               inter
               mentis
               sermonem
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               Huc
               tamen
               aliquid
               spectat
               ,
               quod
               prodidit
               nobis
               Solominis
               Antiquitatis
               (
               a●
               nostrae
               praesertim
               Britannicae
               )
               Camdenus
               in
               his
               verbis
               :
               Muri
               Pictici
               ,
               (
               quem
               aut
               Borealem
               Angliae
               partem
               construxit
               Severus
               ;
               )
               accolae
               tubulum
               aereumeo
               artificio
               muro
               insertum
               inter
               singula
               Castella
               &
               Turres
               intercurrisse
               ferunt
               ,
               (
               cujus
               fragmenta
               subinde
               reperserunt
               ,
               )
               ut
               si
               quis
               vocem
               meam
               quacunque
               turri
               immisisset
               ,
               statim
               sonus
               in
               proximam
               inde
               ad
               tertiam
               &
               omnes
               deinceps
               non
               interruptus
               perserretur
               ad
               significandum
               ubi
               loci
               ,
               hostium
               insultus
               timeretur
               ,
               eujusmodi
               miraculum
               de
               turribus
               B●zantii
               .
               in
               Severi
               historia
               refert
               Xiphilinus
               .
               Sed
               cum
               Murus
               nunciaceat
               ,
               (
               inquit
               ille
               ,
               )
               &
               Tubulus
               sit
               nullus
               ,
               multi
               hic
               circumquaque
               praedia
               in
               Cor●
               nage
               ut
               Juridici
               loquuntur
               ,
               a
               Regibus
               nostris
               tenent
               :
               videlicet
               ,
               ut
               Cornu
               irruptiones
               hostium
               vicinis
               significent
               ;
               quod
               a
               veteri
               Romano●um
               instituto
               deductum
               nonnulli
               existimant
               .
               Hactenus
               Camdenus
               ,
               qui
               omnia
               Antiquorum
               inventa
               ad
               hunc
               scopum
               tendentia
               his
               in
               verbis
               complexus
               est
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               Haud
               abs
               re
               fuerit
               fortassis
               ,
               ut
               poste●
               quam
               de
               visu
               &
               auditu
               disseruimus
               ,
               nonnihil
               etiam
               dicamus
               de
               tactu
               :
               cujus
               sensus
               ministerio
               procul
               absentibus
               aliquid
               posse
               significari
               sine
               Nuncio
               praesertim
               neque
               ;
               traditum
               est
               
               huc
               usque
               ab
               aliquo
               ut
               ex●stimo
               ,
               nec
               ut
               fieri
               possit
               ,
               credibile
               videatur
               .
               Ego
               autem
               &
               fieri
               posse
               ,
               &
               factum
               esse
               facile
               contendo
               ,
               ad
               Millarii
               unius
               aut
               forte
               etiam
               Alterius
               distantiam
               ,
               quanquam
               experimento
               ut
               hoc
               ipsum
               haberem
               exploratum
               mihi
               nondum
               contigit
               ,
               &
               utrum
               operantium
               denique
               futu●um
               sit
               ,
               non
               promintio
               .
            
             
               19.
               
               Ad
               caeteros
               vero
               illos
               sensus
               quod
               attinet
               (
               visus
               inquam
               &
               auditus
               :
               )
               Hic
               dico
               ,
               &
               fidenter
               dico
               :
               Primum
               ,
               nunciari
               posse
               ab
               artis
               hujusce
               gnaro
               ad
               alium
               similiter
               gnarum
               procul
               absentem
               (
               modo
               intra
               tam
               partem
               milliaris
               )
               sive
               obsessum
               ,
               sive
               latentem
               aut
               ,
               fortasse
               detentum
               in
               al
               quo
               loco
               ,
               qui
               nuncianti
               plane
               notus
               non
               sit
               ,
               &
               etiamsi
               notus
               ,
               tamen
               non
               accessib
               lis
               ;
               omnia
               fig●llatim
               quaecunque
               voluerit
               &
               conducere
               exist
               mari●
               .
               A●c
               antur
               procul
               omnes
               horaimnes
               ;
               Corpus
               in
               Ergastu'um
               compinge
               ;
               vincantur
               manus
               ;
               Caput
               obnubito
               ;
               caetero
               qui
               non
               sis
               modestus
               ,
               verba
               cuncta
               auribus
               percipiet
               absentis
               Amici
               ,
               illi
               modo
               amico
               libertas
               non
               sit
               imminuto
               adeo
               quin
               ea
               valeat
               facere
               quae
               fieri
               solent
               quand●que
               a
               liberis
               ho●inious
               ,
               aut
               ●altem
               quae
               se
               facere
               posse
               existimet
               quisque
               sine
               periculo
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               Dico
               deinde
               quod
               cognito
               loco
               ubi
               Am●cus
               resideat
               ad
               quem
               Notitia
               perferri
               debe●
               &
               si
               ute●que
               plena
               fruatur
               libertate
               ,
               
               rationes
               etiam
               ●●●●●
               fuerint
               unitae
               quae
               ad
               Medii
               dipositionem
               sunt
               conducibiles
               :
               ad
               centissimum
               usque
               Milliare
               (
               forte
               etiam
               vel
               milessimum
               )
               omnia
               posse
               nunciari
               tali
               Amico
               ,
               sine
               nuncio
               ,
               hominum
               ,
               (
               imone
               animalum
               )
               quoquam
               intercurrente
               idque
               infra
               brevissimum
               temporis
               spatium
               ,
               horam
               puta
               aut
               multo
               fortasse
               contractius
               .
            
             
               21.
               
               Miranda
               inquis
               ,
               sed
               non
               credenda
               hoccine
               ,
               vero
               tam
               mirandum
               aut
               incredibile
               videatur
               ?
               Habes
               adhuc
               generalia
               tantum
               ●●
               specific
               acum
               Individuum
               de
               quo
               minus
               credas
               :
               mandetur
               Nuncio
               huic
               meo
               Londini
               (
               modo
               raucis
               )
               qu●cquid
               annuntiari
               curis
               Bristoliae
               ,
               Welliae
               ,
               au●●i
               mavis
               Exoniae
               degenti
               ,
               neque
               enim
               longir
               quitatem
               viae
               multum
               moror
               si
               detur
               facultas
               sternendi
               &
               permiabilem
               faciend●
               :
               Mandetur
               (
               inquam
               )
               Londini
               idque
               in
               ipso
               articulo
               Meridiei
               unus
               aliquis
               integer
               sac●ae
               B●bl●ae
               versiculus
               annunciandus
               ;
               curabo
               ut
               mandata
               is
               exhibeat
               loco
               designato
               ,
               (
               attende
               quid
               dieo
               )
               ante
               meridiem
               ejusdem
               diei
               .
            
             
               22.
               
               Ne
               temere
               pronunties
               :
               serius
               aliquot
               Minutis
               ad
               Bristoliensem
               ;
               quam
               ad
               Londinensem
               Meridianum
               Sol
               pervenit
               .
               Hoc
               tantum
               est
               quod
               mirere
               ,
               Nuncium
               qualemcunque
               ,
               motum
               caelestem
               pernicitate
               posse
               antevertere
               .
               Iste
               vero
               facier
               ,
               faciet
               inquam
               ,
               si
               opus
               fuerit
               ;
               aut
               ego
               omnium
               qui
               fari
               aut
               
               s●ribere
               sciverunt
               ,
               vanissimus
               .
            
             
               23.
               
               De
               arcibus
               aut
               civitatibus
               obsessia
               quid
               loquar
               ?
               Nuncius
               noster
               Inanimatus
               Animae
               nil
               metuens
               ,
               innumero●um
               hostium
               phalanges
               pertransibit
               :
               non
               morabitur
               cum
               fossa
               ad
               Infernum
               usque
               depressa
               ,
               aut
               Murus
               vel
               Babyloniis
               illis
               moenibus
               excelsior
               ,
               quin
               verba
               fideliter
               perferat
               mittentis
               ,
               modo
               (
               quod
               femper
               moneo
               )
               Pauca
               ;
               sive
               obsessus
               is
               fuerit
               ,
               sive
               ad
               obseslum
               aliquid
               velit
               significare
               ,
               idque
               velocitate
               incredibile
               si
               intra
               aliquot
               M●llaria
               5.
               puta
               vel
               7.
               detur
               consistere
               quanq●am
               non
               diffido
               a
               vigessimo
               usque
               hoc
               ipsum
               satis
               commode
               praestari
               posse
               .
            
             
               24.
               
               Habes
               iam
               tria
               hujusce
               Nuncii
               mei
               promissa
               ,
               quae
               quomodo
               inter
               se
               differant
               ,
               perspicuitatis
               gratia
               operae-pretium
               fortasse
               fuerit
               demonstrare
               .
            
             
               25.
               
               In
               primo
               ,
               laudo
               fallendi
               astutiam
               ,
               in
               secundo
               transeundi
               celeritatem
               :
               in
               tertio
               ,
               cuncta
               penetrandi
               potentiam
               &
               vim
               invictam
               .
            
             
               26.
               
               Quod
               primo
               in
               loco
               pollicitus
               sum
               facillime
               praestabit
               sine
               sumptu
               ,
               sine
               opera
               cujusquam
               praeterquam
               Immittentis
               :
               hoc
               vero
               habet
               incommodi
               ,
               quod
               illius
               usus
               paulo
               crebrior
               suspitione
               non
               vacabit
               .
            
             
               27.
               
               Quod
               secundo
               ;
               fit
               etiam
               saepenumero
               absque
               ope
               aliena
               ,
               &
               nonnullis
               in
               locis
               operam
               exhibebit
               temporariam
               fere
               sine
               sumptu
               ;
               plerunque
               vero
               pa●um
               aut
               nihil
               efficiet
               
               sine
               praeparatione
               ,
               eaque
               tali
               ,
               ut
               pro
               singuli●
               Milliaribus
               quinis
               plus
               minus
               libris
               nostratibus
               constare
               possit
               ,
               si
               ad
               perpetuum
               usum
               destinetur
               :
               omnino
               vero
               nihil
               sine
               nutu
               atque
               authoritate
               Magistratus
               ,
               cui
               quidem
               perqua●●
               facile
               est
               ,
               Nuncio
               huic
               nostro
               hanc
               viam
               pr●cludere
               .
            
             
               28.
               
               Ad
               tertium
               quod
               attinet
               ;
               haud
               magnum
               profecto
               sumptum
               requirit
               :
               oportet
               vero
               ut
               is
               qui
               agit
               in
               loco
               aliquo
               tuto
               sit
               constitut●
               eoque
               non
               nimium
               distance
               ,
               ubi
               vim
               hostilem
               possit
               propulsare
               ,
               donec
               operationem
               perfecerit
               .
               Negandum
               proinde
               non
               est
               Immittentis
               quam
               Emittentis
               deteriorem
               esse
               Conditionem
               .
            
             
               29.
               
               Videris
               mihi
               iam
               lector
               p●rcontari
               ,
               quonam
               Sensuum
               percipiente
               ,
               haec
               omnia
               sic
               annuncianda
               amicus
               intelligat
               ;
               nam
               sunt
               sensus
               ,
               Intellectus
               ,
               satellites
               (
               Cicero
               )
               interpretes
               &
               nuncii
               ,
               utpote
               per
               quos
               solos
               ad
               illum
               pervenitur
               .
               Respondeo
               auditu
               nonnunquam
               ,
               etiam
               visu
               .
               Rationem
               quaeris
               quomodo
               ?
               Habebis
               paucis
               ,
               &
               proinde
               fortassis
               non
               tam
               clare
               ,
               quin
               Paradigmata
               requiras
               .
            
             
               30.
               
               Si
               oculis
               amici
               absentis
               aliquid
               cupis
               re
               presentare
               ,
               absentis
               inquam
               &
               procul
               absentis
               ;
               idque
               citius
               ,
               quam
               corpus
               aliquodsublunare
               ad
               locum
               tam
               longo
               intervallo
               disjunctum
               possit
               perferri●
               (
               ●am
               &
               id
               in
               me
               recipio
               :
               )
               oporte●
               ,
               
               ut
               Ideae
               ,
               sive
               formae
               visibiles
               augeantur
               quantitate
               ,
               multiplicentur
               numero
               ;
               &
               pro
               rerum
               significandarum
               varietate
               varientur
               ,
               vel
               qualitate
               ,
               vel
               quantitate
               ,
               vel
               situ
               ,
               vel
               ordine
               .
            
             
               31.
               
               Auribus
               nihil
               perc●pi
               nisi
               per
               sonum
               Neminem
               fugit
               :
               Erit
               igitur
               necesse
               ut
               is●
               cui
               aliquid
               auditu
               mediante
               nuntiatum
               fuerit
               ,
               Sonos
               audiat
               ,
               ●osque
               distinguibiles
               pro
               numero
               Audiendorum
               :
               quae
               cum
               sint
               infinita
               ,
               infinita
               sit
               etiam
               oportet
               ,
               sonorum
               edendorum
               varietas
               .
               Satis
               tame●
               erit
               ut
               distinguantur
               ,
               vel
               genere
               ,
               vel
               tempore
               modo
               etiam
               &
               Numere
               :
            
             
               32.
               
               Haec
               qui
               probe
               intellexer●t
               (
               &
               exemplis
               omnia
               luce
               fient
               clariora
               )
               quomodo
               perferantur
               hujusmodi
               som
               ad
               locum
               procul
               distantem
               ,
               ●unquam
               pe●contabitur
               .
            
             
               33.
               
               Ne
               vero
               malis
               et
               damnatis
               artibus
               haec
               effici
               quisquam
               suspicetur
               :
               Deo
               opt
               :
               Max
               :
               teste
               profiteor
               atque
               denuncio
               ,
               illiciti
               nihil
               concnere
               hanc
               disciplinam
               :
               nihil
               aut
               divinis
               aut
               humanis
               legibus
               repugans
               Arithme●icae
               Geometriae
               Music
               aeque
               aux●●io
               plaeraque●
               coetera
               si
               non
               usitatis●
               at
               legitimis
               rationibus
               p●efici
               ,
               idque
               sumptu
               sane
               medi●cri
               ,
               pene
               dixeram
               nu●lo
               ;
               Multa
               siquidem
               p●aesta●i
               possunt
               in
               hoc
               genere
               sine
               a
               iquo
               vel
               Ter●untii
               unius
               dispendio
               .
            
             
               34.
               
               Ac
               ista
               quidem
               cum
               sic
               se
               habeant
               sapientibus
               d●jud●candum
               reliquo
               an
               quantum●
               et
               quousque
               laec
               nostra
               Inventa
               Rcip
               :
               utilia
               
               sint
               futura
               ,
               si
               in
               primo
               deficient
               ,
               moriantur
               ,
               et
               sicut
               Partus
               Abortivus
               ,
               aut
               lucem
               non
               videant
               ,
               aut
               visa
               no
               tantilium
               fruantur
               ,
               sed
               protinus
               intereant
               .
            
             
               35.
               
               Egoe
               nimvero
               cum
               hujusce
               Artis
               usum
               fore
               permagnum
               existimem
               ;
               tam
               pacis
               quam
               Bel
               itempore
               ,
               ●fficio
               meo
               consentaneum
               duxi
               ,
               operam
               meam
               in
               ea
               tradenda
               deferre
               .
               Quod
               tamen
               non
               faciam
               libenter
               ita
               ,
               ut
               cum
               passim
               pluribus
               innotuerit
               ,
               ea
               suo
               tempore
               uti
               nequeamus
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               LECTORI
               DE
               AUTHORE
               .
            
             
               
                 Pr●stat
                 pol
                 Scilo
                 ,
                 Artifex
                 peritus
                 ,
              
               
                 Demon
                 ,
                 Artifici
                 :
                 Artifex
                 sed
                 hicce
              
               
                 Et
                 Motu
                 prior
                 ,
                 atque
                 major
                 Arte
                 ,
              
               
                 Praestat
                 credite
                 ,
                 Demoni
                 vel
                 ips●
                 ,
              
               
                 Praestat
                 Damoni
                 &
                 antevertit
                 ips●
                 .
              
               
                 ED.
                 M.
                 Ch.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Aliud
                 ejusdem
                 .
              
               
                 Dic
                 quaeso
                 ,
                 si
                 non
                 duce
                 D●mone
                 tant●
                 quis
                 ergo
                 .
              
               
                 Angelus
                 hic
                 bonus
                 est
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 est
                 bonus
                 ●ic
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               NUNCIUS
               INANIMATUS
               .
               OR
               THE
               
                 Mysterious
                 Messenger
              
               ,
            
             
               Unlocking
               the
               secrets
               of
               mens
               Hearts
               ,
            
             
               By
               F.G.
               B.
               of
               H.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Joshua
                 Kirton
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Signe
               of
               the
               Kings
               Arms
               in
               St.
               Pauls
               Church-yard
               .
               1657.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               NUNCIUS
               INANIMATUS
               .
               OR
               The
               Mysterious
               Messenger
               &c.
               
            
             
               1
               IT
               cannot
               be
               imagined
               ,
               that
               any
               one
               who
               hath
               but
               the
               lest
               knowledge
               in
               Philosophy
               ,
               should
               be
               ignorant
               ,
               that
               ,
               nothing
               can
               be
               perceived
               by
               human
               understanding
               without
               the
               help
               of
               the
               exteriour
               Senses
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               that
               intends
               to
               communicate
               the
               secrets
               of
               his
               minde
               to
               one
               either
               absent
               or
               present
               ,
               it
               is
               altogether
               necessary
               that
               he
               have
               an
               accesse
               by
               this
               way
               .
            
             
             
               2
               And
               certainly
               to
               those
               that
               are
               present
               ,
               we
               use
               no
               other
               means
               than
               that
               of
               Speech
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               subserviency
               of
               the
               sense
               of
               Hearing
               ,
               doth
               disclose
               one
               mans
               minde
               unto
               another
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               were
               joyn
               them
               both
               together
               ,
               unless
               peradventure
               sometimes
               another
               Pallas
               be
               found
               ,
               who
               (
               as
               Tacitus
               relates
               of
               that
               freeman
               of
               Claudius
               )
               was
               wont
               to
               comm●nd
               his
               servants
               by
               no
               other
               way
               than
               by
               writing
               ,
               or
               nodding
               with
               his
               head
               .
            
             
               3
               They
               who
               would
               declare
               any
               thing
               to
               their
               freind
               that
               is
               absent
               ,
               and
               yet
               will
               not
               trust
               to
               the
               fidelity
               of
               the
               Messenger
               ,
               do
               present
               that
               unto
               their
               Eyes
               ,
               which
               they
               cannot
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               think
               not
               safe
               to
               do
               unto
               the
               Ears
               ;
               to
               which
               end
               and
               purpose
               the
               indicting
               of
               Letters
               ,
               being
               the
               interpreters
               of
               our
               minde
               ,
               began
               to
               be
               in
               common
               use
               ;
               which
               for
               the
               most
               part
               do
               faithfully
               perform
               that
               Arrant
               whereon
               they
               are
               sent
               ,
               unless
               when
               the
               trechery
               or
               
               negligence
               of
               those
               that
               carry
               them
               ,
               or
               the
               impediments
               of
               the
               journey
               cause
               that
               these
               Demonstrations
               of
               our
               minde
               ,
               come
               not
               to
               the
               place
               to
               which
               they
               are
               destinated
               .
            
             
               4
               There
               are
               m●ny
               several
               remedies
               of
               these
               inconveniencies
               invented
               by
               the
               Antients
               ,
               which
               not
               only
               seem
               to
               facilitate
               the
               way
               ,
               and
               to
               point
               out
               fit
               Messengers
               not
               easily
               to
               be
               corrupted
               ,
               but
               also
               they
               promise
               a
               kind
               of
               swiftness
               as
               is
               beyond
               the
               power
               of
               man
               ,
               unless
               he
               like
               another
               Perseus
               can
               purchase
               I
               know
               not
               what
               winged
               Pegasus
               for
               the
               conveyance
               of
               himselfe
               and
               Letters
               .
            
             
               5
               It
               will
               not
               repent
               me
               of
               my
               labour
               in
               reckoning
               up
               their
               Inventions
               of
               this
               sort
               ,
               as
               I
               finde
               them
               recorded
               by
               the
               penns
               of
               Historians
               ,
               that
               at
               the
               last
               when
               I
               have
               given
               ,
               in
               some
               measure
               ,
               a
               description
               of
               this
               my
               Nuncio
               ,
               and
               have
               related
               what
               he
               promiseth
               ,
               then
               it
               may
               be
               made
               known
               to
               the
               intelligent
               
               Reader
               how
               far
               our
               inventions
               exceed
               and
               go
               beyond
               those
               of
               the
               Ancients
               .
            
             
               6
               Cecinna
               of
               Volatera
               ,
               a
               Noble
               man
               of
               Rome
               (
               according
               to
               the
               testimonie
               of
               Pliny
               )
               bringing
               with
               him
               into
               the
               City
               ,
               Swallows
               that
               had
               been
               taken
               ,
               sent
               them
               with
               tidings
               of
               victory
               unto
               his
               freinds
               ,
               painting
               them
               with
               the
               colour
               which
               betokens
               Victory
               :
               And
               
                 Fabius
                 Pictor
              
               also
               relates
               in
               his
               Annales
               ,
               that
               when
               a
               Roman
               Garison
               was
               besieged
               by
               the
               Ligurians
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               a
               Swallow
               ,
               brought
               from
               her
               young
               ones
               to
               him
               ,
               with
               a
               peice
               of
               thred
               tied
               unto
               one
               of
               her
               leggs
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               signify
               by
               the
               knots
               what
               day
               he
               would
               come
               with
               more
               ,
               aid
               that
               they
               might
               make
               a
               Sally
               :
               And
               
                 Decimus
                 Brutus
              
               ,
               at
               the
               siege
               of
               Modena
               ,
               sent
               Letters
               that
               were
               tied
               at
               the
               feet
               of
               Pigeons
               into
               the
               Tents
               of
               the
               Consulls
               Hirtius
               and
               Pansa
               ,
               who
               came
               to
               his
               releife
               against
               Anthony
               .
            
             
             
               7
               But
               that
               invention
               of
               the
               AEgiptian
               Mamalucks
               dwelling
               at
               Alexandria
               doth
               far
               exceced
               all
               these
               ,
               of
               whom
               Bernard
               de
               Bridenbach
               Dean
               of
               Mentz
               ,
               thus
               writeth
               ;
               Although
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               perchance
               it
               may
               seem
               incredible
               ,
               yet
               nevertheless
               what
               I
               shall
               declare
               ,
               really
               came
               to
               pass
               :
               Amiraldus
               had
               allwaies
               with
               him
               some
               tutored
               Pigeons
               ,
               which
               were
               so
               taught
               ,
               that
               wheresoever
               they
               flew
               ,
               they
               would
               at
               length
               return
               to
               the
               Court
               of
               Amiraldus
               ;
               Now
               those
               Pilots
               that
               are
               sent
               out
               to
               meet
               with
               Ships
               sayling
               to
               the
               Port
               of
               Alexandria
               to
               be
               their
               conduct
               ,
               carry
               two
               or
               three
               Pigeons
               along
               with
               them
               to
               Sea
               ,
               till
               they
               come
               even
               to
               the
               place
               where
               they
               make
               full
               search
               ,
               where
               presently
               they
               draw
               up
               an
               Inventory
               containing
               those
               things
               that
               are
               necessary
               to
               be
               known
               ,
               which
               they
               hang
               at
               the
               neck
               of
               one
               of
               the
               Pigeons
               ,
               and
               so
               let
               it
               fly
               away
               ,
               who
               by
               its
               continuall
               and
               restless
               motion
               ,
               soon
               
               arrives
               with
               the
               Schedule
               at
               the
               Table
               of
               Amiraldus
               ,
               and
               shews
               who
               they
               are
               that
               are
               a
               comming
               :
               But
               if
               after
               the
               sending
               forth
               of
               the
               first
               Pigeon
               ,
               any
               thing
               more
               is
               to
               be
               made
               known
               to
               Amiraldus
               ,
               presently
               they
               send
               forth
               a
               second
               ,
               and
               so
               a
               third
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               any
               need
               :
               So
               that
               Amiraldus
               perfectly
               knowes
               who
               and
               what
               they
               are
               ,
               a
               long
               time
               before
               ever
               the
               Ships
               enter
               into
               the
               Harbour
               .
               It
               is
               also
               affirmed
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               other
               Doves
               ,
               which
               he
               sends
               to
               the
               Sultan
               at●
               Cairo
               ,
               by
               which
               he
               signifies
               that
               some
               suddain
               and
               difficult
               busines
               hath
               hapned
               ;
               Moreover
               if
               the
               Pilots
               sent
               out
               from
               Amiraldus
               ,
               cannot
               finde
               out
               the
               conditions
               of
               the
               Ship
               ,
               they
               declare
               this
               very
               thing
               to
               him
               by
               the
               Doves
               .
            
             
               8
               By
               these
               and
               the
               like
               means
               we
               finde
               sometimes
               a
               thing
               may
               be
               made
               known
               in
               a
               short
               space
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               allwaies
               done
               by
               Birds
               who
               are
               the
               Carriers
               ,
               whereas
               we
               promise
               to
               exhibit
               
               an
               Inter-Nuncio
               ,
               who
               is
               not
               a
               Bird
               ,
               neither
               is
               he
               winged
               ,
               no
               not
               so
               much
               as
               a
               living
               Creature
               ,
               and
               yet
               notwithstanding
               by
               many
               degrees
               goes
               beyond
               any
               creature
               whatsoever
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               swift
               in
               celerity
               of
               motion
               .
            
             
               9
               That
               invention
               of
               theirs
               cometh
               somewhat
               nigh
               to
               our
               purpose
               ,
               who
               by
               fires
               that
               were
               kindled
               in
               the
               night
               ,
               and
               by
               smoke
               in
               the
               day
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               perceived
               in
               a
               short
               space
               of
               time
               ,
               did
               declare
               their
               intents
               to
               their
               friends
               that
               were
               far
               distant
               .
               Thus
               did
               the
               Grecians
               when
               they
               were
               at
               Chios
               ,
               to
               their
               Confederates
               who
               pitched
               their
               Tents
               at
               Artemisium
               ,
               and
               Mardonius
               the
               Persian
               ,
               from
               Athens
               even
               to
               Asia
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               asserted
               by
               Herodotus
               .
            
             
               10
               Yet
               they
               (
               as
               much
               as
               I
               perceive
               )
               could
               not
               shew
               by
               these
               signes
               every
               thing
               which
               was
               expedient
               ,
               but
               onely
               that
               one
               thing
               ,
               about
               which
               they
               had
               agreed
               before
               among
               themselves
               ,
               
               that
               Athens
               was
               taken
               in
               that
               moment
               of
               time
               ,
               or
               that
               there
               was
               a
               marching
               down
               into
               the
               Enemies
               Quarters
               just
               then
               ,
               when
               in
               those
               places
               they
               had
               either
               kindled
               a
               fire
               or
               raised
               a
               smoke
               .
            
             
               11
               For
               my
               part
               I
               think
               that
               to
               be
               a
               more
               ingenuous
               exploit
               of
               the
               Tybereans
               ,
               related
               by
               Suetonius
               ,
               who
               at
               the
               same
               time
               when
               this
               wicked
               Monster
               rioted
               in
               the
               Island
               of
               Caprea
               ,
               and
               then
               chiefely
               when
               he
               endeavoured
               to
               curbe
               the
               haughty
               spirit
               of
               Sejanus
               ,
               commanded
               signalls
               to
               be
               erected
               afar
               off
               (
               lest
               the
               Messengers
               should
               slack
               their
               speed
               )
               to
               be
               lifted
               up
               higher
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               understand
               before-hand
               what
               was
               done
               ;
               whose
               words
               seem
               to
               intimate
               thus
               much
               ,
               that
               Tyberius
               devised
               this
               way
               ,
               that
               he
               himself
               dwelling
               in
               the
               Island
               ,
               might
               understand
               all
               things
               nedful
               to
               be
               known
               (
               by
               these
               Signes
               that
               were
               then
               lifted
               up
               )
               in
               the
               Continent
               or
               Main
               land
               .
            
             
             
               12
               In
               which
               particular
               ,
               if
               I
               am
               not
               much
               mistaken
               ,
               it
               is
               easily
               to
               be
               admired
               how
               it
               comes
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               this
               kind
               of
               art
               ,
               thus
               declaring
               the
               very
               secrets
               of
               our
               minde
               without
               the
               help
               of
               any
               Messenger
               ,
               to
               those
               that
               are
               absent
               a
               great
               way
               from
               us
               ,
               should
               alltogether
               decay
               in
               this
               our
               Europe
               ;
               or
               at
               least
               should
               from
               that
               time
               to
               this
               never
               be
               used
               ,
               as
               I
               finde
               in
               reading
               Classick
               Histories
               .
            
             
               13
               I
               say
               in
               this
               our
               Europe
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               most
               certain
               ,
               that
               even
               to
               this
               day
               it
               is
               in
               great
               perfection
               among
               the
               Cathayans
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               the
               testimony
               of
               
                 Augerius
                 Busbequius
              
               ;
               to
               doubt
               of
               whose
               fidellity
               ,
               would
               be
               allmost
               Piacular
               ,
               unless
               he
               leaned
               on
               another
               mans
               credit
               ;
               hear
               himself
               thus
               speaking
               .
            
             
               14
               After
               the
               travell
               of
               many
               a
               month
               we
               came
               at
               last
               to
               the
               very
               straights
               and
               skirts
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Cathay
               ,
               for
               a
               good
               part
               of
               the
               Dominions
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Cathay
               is
               Mediterranean
               ,
               
               encompassed
               with
               sleep
               and
               untractable
               Mountains
               ,
               and
               dangerous
               Rocks
               ,
               neither
               can
               any
               one
               enter
               into
               it
               but
               by
               the
               narrow
               passages
               thereof
               ,
               which
               are
               kept
               by
               the
               Kings
               Garrison
               ;
               there
               the
               Merchants
               are
               questioned
               what
               they
               bring
               ,
               from
               whence
               they
               come
               ,
               and
               how
               many
               there
               are
               of
               them
               ;
               which
               being
               known
               ,
               the
               Watchmen
               appointed
               by
               the
               King
               ,
               shew
               it
               in
               the
               day
               time
               by
               smoke
               ,
               in
               the
               night
               by
               fire
               to
               the
               next
               high
               hill
               ,
               that
               in
               like
               manner
               to
               the
               next
               ,
               and
               so
               one
               after
               another
               ;
               so
               that
               in
               the
               space
               of
               a
               few
               houres
               ,
               which
               a
               Messenger
               could
               not
               do
               in
               many
               daies
               ,
               newes
               is
               brought
               to
               the
               King
               of
               Cathay
               of
               the
               arivall
               of
               those
               Merchants
               ,
               who
               answers
               with
               the
               like
               swiftness
               and
               in
               the
               same
               manner
               ,
               whether
               it
               stands
               with
               his
               good
               pleasure
               that
               all
               should
               be
               admitted
               ,
               or
               that
               they
               should
               partly
               be
               excluded
               or
               deferred
               .
            
             
               15
               Our
               Ancestors
               were
               not
               ignorant
               that
               from
               high
               Hills
               of
               this
               kind
               (
               which
               we
               in
               England
               call
               Beacons
               )
               a
               thing
               might
               be
               made
               manifest
               ,
               from
               
               whom
               also
               we
               have
               derived
               this
               custome
               ,
               that
               by
               their
               help
               we
               give
               notice
               of
               the
               invasion
               of
               a
               forein
               Enemy
               ;
               But
               by
               by
               this
               means
               onely
               ,
               particularly
               to
               relate
               the
               exact
               number
               of
               Men
               and
               Beasts
               ,
               Nation
               ,
               Merchandize
               and
               things
               needfull
               to
               be
               known
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               a
               more
               abstruse
               and
               difficult
               work
               than
               (
               as
               I
               think
               )
               to
               be
               performed
               by
               the
               subtilty
               of
               a
               barbarous
               Nation
               alltogether
               ignorant
               of
               Philosophy
               ,
               aswell
               Humane
               as
               Divine
               .
               And
               let
               this
               suffice
               to
               be
               spoken
               about
               Sight
               ,
               which
               ,
               not
               without
               just
               cause
               ,
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orators
               stiles
               the
               sharpest
               of
               all
               the
               Senses
               .
            
             
               16
               That
               now
               we
               may
               pass
               from
               the
               eys
               the
               ears
               ,
               by
               reading
               hitherto
               .
               I
               have
               not
               yet
               found
               any
               way
               either
               invented
               by
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               or
               put
               in
               practise
               by
               any
               of
               our
               time
               ,
               whereby
               a
               man
               that
               is
               a
               far
               distant
               may
               receive
               notice
               of
               any
               business
               by
               the
               benefit
               of
               this
               sense
               ,
               unless
               by
               the
               speech
               of
               the
               Messenger
               that
               goes
               to
               each
               .
            
             
             
               17
               Yet
               to
               this
               belongeth
               that
               which
               Mr.
               Cambden
               the
               Son
               of
               all
               Antiquity
               (
               especially
               of
               our
               British
               )
               hath
               exposed
               to
               publick
               view
               in
               these
               words
               ;
               The
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Picts
               Wall
               (
               which
               Severus
               built
               at
               the
               Northerne
               part
               of
               England
               )
               do
               report
               that
               there
               was
               a
               brazen
               Pipe
               put
               into
               the
               wall
               ,
               with
               that
               rare
               artifice
               that
               it
               run
               through
               each
               Tower
               and
               Castell
               ,
               (
               Pieces
               ,
               whereof
               they
               now
               and
               then
               find
               )
               that
               if
               any
               one
               did
               but
               sound
               his
               voyce
               into
               it
               ,
               let
               him
               be
               in
               what
               Tower
               soever
               ,
               presently
               the
               sound
               went
               into
               the
               next
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               the
               third
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               sound
               passed
               through
               each
               of
               them
               ,
               without
               any
               interruption
               ,
               to
               signify
               where
               about
               they
               feared
               the
               assault
               of
               the
               enemy
               ;
               Xiphiline
               in
               the
               life
               of
               Severus
               relates
               a
               wonder
               of
               the
               same
               kind
               in
               the
               Towers
               of
               Constantinople
               :
               but
               whereas
               saith
               he
               the
               Wall
               is
               now
               demolished
               ,
               and
               the
               Pipe
               is
               not
               to
               be
               found
               ,
               many
               here
               on
               every
               side
               hold
               their
               Lands
               of
               our
               Kings
               successively
               
               in
               Cornage
               as
               the
               Lawyers
               phrase
               is
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               sound
               of
               a
               Horne
               they
               should
               signifie
               to
               their
               neighbours
               the
               irruptions
               of
               an
               Enemic
               ,
               which
               some
               think
               to
               be
               borrowed
               from
               the
               old
               Roman
               custome
               :
               thus
               far
               Cambden
               who
               in
               these
               words
               hath
               comprised
               all
               the
               inventions
               of
               the
               Ancients
               tending
               to
               this
               end
               .
            
             
               18
               Perchance
               it
               will
               not
               be
               altogether
               impertinent
               ,
               that
               after
               we
               have
               spoken
               somewhat
               about
               seeing
               and
               hearing
               ,
               we
               should
               say
               a
               little
               about
               touching
               ,
               by
               the
               help
               of
               which
               sense
               that
               any
               thing
               should
               be
               signified
               to
               them
               that
               are
               afar
               off
               ,
               especially
               without
               a
               Messenger
               is
               not
               yet
               asserted
               of
               any
               one
               as
               I
               think
               ,
               neither
               doth
               it
               seem
               credible
               ,
               but
               for
               my
               part
               I
               dare
               say
               that
               it
               may
               be
               done
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               ease
               ,
               at
               the
               distance
               of
               a
               mile
               or
               perchance
               two
               ,
               although
               I
               have
               not
               tryed
               the
               verity
               thereof
               by
               any
               experiment
               ,
               and
               I
               list
               not
               to
               say
               whether
               it
               wil
               be
               worth
               our
               labour
               for
               the
               future
               .
            
             
             
               19
               But
               that
               which
               concernes
               those
               senses
               (
               to
               wit
               ,
               of
               seeing
               and
               hearing
               )
               I
               dare
               say
               and
               do
               confidently
               assert
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               skilfull
               in
               this
               art
               may
               tell
               whatsoever
               he
               pleases
               or
               thinks
               ,
               may
               conduce
               to
               his
               good
               ,
               to
               another
               that
               is
               afar
               off
               if
               a
               like
               skilfull
               (
               if
               he
               be
               within
               a
               quarter
               of
               a
               mile
               )
               though
               besieged
               ,
               or
               lying
               hid
               ,
               or
               perchance
               detained
               in
               any
               place
               which
               is
               not
               directly
               knowne
               to
               him
               that
               sends
               the
               tydings
               ,
               and
               if
               knowne
               ,
               yet
               not
               to
               be
               gone
               to
               ;
               Let
               nobody
               come
               near
               him
               ,
               secure
               the
               body
               in
               a
               prison
               ,
               let
               the
               hands
               be
               bound
               ,
               hoodwink
               the
               face
               ,
               but
               be
               not
               trouble
               some
               any
               other
               way
               ,
               and
               he
               shall
               understand
               the
               words
               of
               his
               absent
               friends
               ,
               if
               this
               liberty
               be
               not
               taken
               away
               from
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               be
               able
               to
               do
               those
               things
               which
               are
               wont
               sometimes
               to
               be
               done
               by
               Freemen
               ,
               or
               may
               do
               them
               without
               fear
               or
               danger
               .
            
             
               20
               I
               say
               moreover
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               place
               be
               known
               where
               a
               friend
               resides
               ,
               to
               
               whom
               our
               message
               should
               be
               brought
               ,
               and
               if
               both
               enjoy
               a
               full
               liberty
               ,
               the
               causes
               being
               before
               agreed
               upon
               ,
               which
               conduce
               to
               the
               disposition
               of
               the
               meanes
               ,
               any
               thing
               may
               be
               told
               to
               such
               a
               friend
               without
               any
               Messenger
               going
               between
               each
               ,
               or
               any
               living
               creature
               ,
               though
               he
               be
               a
               hundred
               ,
               nay
               perchance
               a
               thousand
               miles
               off
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               a
               short
               space
               of
               time
               ,
               perchance
               an
               hour
               ,
               or
               it
               may
               be
               somewhat
               less
               .
            
             
               21
               These
               things
               some
               whisperingly
               say
               are
               strange
               and
               wonderfull
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               not
               so
               soone
               to
               be
               believed
               :
               but
               doth
               this
               seeme
               so
               wonderfull
               and
               uncredible
               .
               You
               have
               yet
               but
               this
               only
               in
               the
               Genus
               and
               Species
               ,
               behold
               an
               individuall
               is
               presented
               to
               thy
               eyes
               ,
               which
               thou
               wilt
               less
               believe
               .
               Tell
               unto
               this
               my
               Nuncio
               at
               London
               in
               as
               few
               words
               as
               may
               be
               ,
               what
               you
               desire
               may
               be
               told
               to
               me
               dwelling
               at
               
                 Bristol
                 ,
                 Wells
              
               ,
               or
               if
               you
               will
               rather
               at
               Exeter
               ,
               for
               I
               do
               not
               much
               regard
               the
               length
               of
               the
               way
               ,
               so
               it
               is
               but
               passable
               ;
               I
               say
               tell
               him
               
               at
               London
               ,
               and
               that
               just
               about
               noone
               any
               one
               whole
               verse
               of
               the
               sacred
               Scripture
               ,
               I
               will
               see
               that
               he
               shall
               perform
               our
               commands
               in
               the
               designed
               place
               (
               marke
               what
               I
               say
               )
               before
               the
               high
               noone
               of
               the
               same
               day
               .
            
             
               22
               Do
               not
               rashly
               pronounce
               this
               proposall
               impossible
               ,
               for
               the
               course
               of
               the
               Sun
               makes
               the
               noone
               later
               by
               some
               minutes
               at
               Bristol
               than
               at
               London
               :
               this
               it
               is
               you
               may
               wonder
               at
               ,
               that
               this
               Messenger
               should
               exceed
               the
               heavenly
               motion
               thereof
               in
               swiftness
               .
               This
               he
               will
               do
               ,
               will
               do
               it
               I
               say
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               need
               ,
               or
               else
               I
               am
               the
               vainest
               person
               of
               all
               that
               know
               how
               either
               to
               speake
               or
               write
               .
            
             
               23
               What
               speak
               I
               of
               Towers
               ,
               or
               Cities
               that
               are
               besieged
               ?
               our
               inanimate
               Nuncio
               ,
               not
               fearing
               any
               thing
               ,
               will
               pass
               through
               whole
               troops
               of
               enemies
               ;
               A
               trench
               digg'd
               almost
               as
               low
               as
               hell
               ,
               or
               a
               wall
               though
               higher
               than
               those
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               shall
               not
               hinder
               his
               journey
               ,
               but
               he
               will
               faithfully
               performe
               the
               
               message
               (
               so
               it
               be
               in
               as
               concise
               termes
               as
               may
               be
               )
               of
               him
               that
               sent
               him
               ,
               though
               besieged
               ,
               or
               whether
               he
               would
               have
               it
               told
               to
               him
               that
               is
               besieged
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               such
               an
               incredible
               swiftnes
               ,
               if
               he
               be
               to
               be
               found
               within
               5.
               or
               7.
               miles
               ,
               though
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               it
               may
               be
               done
               effectually
               within
               20.
               miles
               .
            
             
               24
               You
               have
               here
               3.
               promises
               of
               this
               my
               Nuncio
               ,
               presented
               to
               your
               consideration
               ,
               perchance
               it
               will
               be
               worth
               our
               while
               to
               shew
               how
               they
               differ
               among
               themselv's
               for
               perspicuities
               sake
               .
            
             
               25
               In
               the
               first
               I
               set
               forth
               the
               subtlety
               of
               deceiving
               :
               in
               the
               2
               d.
               the
               swiftness
               of
               its
               passage
               :
               in
               the
               3
               d.
               it
               s
               unconquered
               power
               and
               strength
               in
               penetrating
               all
               things
               .
            
             
               26
               That
               in
               the
               first
               place
               will
               easily
               be
               performed
               without
               any
               cost
               or
               labour
               of
               any
               one
               ,
               save
               him
               that
               sends
               ,
               but
               it
               hath
               this
               inconvenience
               ,
               that
               its
               frequent
               use
               will
               not
               be
               free
               from
               suspition
               .
            
             
               27
               That
               in
               the
               second
               place
               is
               very
               
               often
               effected
               ,
               without
               any
               help
               from
               others
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               places
               almost
               without
               any
               charge
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               most
               part
               it
               will
               do
               little
               or
               nothing
               without
               preparation
               ,
               and
               that
               such
               that
               for
               each
               mile
               it
               will
               cost
               five
               pounds
               more
               or
               less
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               designed
               for
               perpetual
               use
               ,
               and
               nothing
               can
               be
               done
               without
               the
               countenance
               and
               authority
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               who
               can
               easily
               ,
               if
               he
               please
               ,
               hinder
               our
               Nuncios
               journey
               .
            
             
               28
               As
               concerning
               the
               third
               ,
               truely
               it
               requireth
               no
               great
               charge
               ,
               but
               it
               must
               be
               observed
               ,
               that
               he
               that
               doth
               act
               ,
               be
               setled
               in
               a
               place
               without
               danger
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               too
               far
               distant
               ,
               where
               he
               may
               resist
               his
               enemies
               force
               ,
               untill
               he
               hath
               perfected
               his
               work
               ,
               and
               here
               we
               must
               not
               deny
               ,
               that
               the
               condition
               of
               him
               that
               sends
               in
               ,
               than
               of
               him
               that
               sends
               out
               is
               the
               worst
               .
            
             
               29
               You
               seem
               to
               me
               ,
               O
               Reader
               ,
               to
               ask
               by
               what
               sense
               ,
               a
               friend
               may
               perceive
               those
               things
               that
               are
               to
               be
               told
               ,
               for
               the
               senses
               are
               the
               guard
               ,
               Interpreters
               
               and
               Messengers
               of
               the
               Understanding
               (
               so
               Cicero
               )
               by
               which
               alone
               we
               come
               to
               understand
               :
               I
               answer
               somtimes
               by
               hearing
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               by
               sight
               ;
               You
               ask
               a
               reason
               how
               ?
               you
               shall
               have
               it
               in
               few
               terms
               ,
               and
               perchance
               not
               so
               clearly
               ,
               but
               that
               you
               require
               examples
               .
            
             
               30
               If
               you
               desire
               to
               represent
               any
               thing
               to
               the
               eyes
               of
               your
               absent
               friend
               ,
               I
               say
               absent
               ,
               and
               at
               a
               great
               distance
               sooner
               than
               any
               sublunary
               body
               can
               come
               to
               the
               place
               that
               is
               separated
               by
               so
               long
               an
               intervall
               ,
               for
               I
               undertake
               that
               )
               we
               must
               see
               that
               the
               Idaeas
               or
               visible
               forms
               be
               increased
               in
               quantity
               ,
               multiplyed
               in
               number
               ,
               and
               be
               varied
               according
               to
               the
               variety
               of
               the
               things
               ,
               to
               be
               signified
               in
               quality
               ,
               quantity
               ,
               position
               or
               order
               .
            
             
               31
               There
               is
               none
               but
               knowes
               that
               nothing
               can
               be
               perceived
               by
               the
               eares
               without
               a
               sound
               ,
               it
               is
               therefore
               necessary
               that
               he
               to
               whom
               any
               thing
               is
               to
               be
               declared
               by
               the
               mediation
               of
               hearing
               ,
               should
               heare
               those
               sounds
               ,
               and
               those
               must
               be
               distinguished
               according
               to
               the
               
               number
               of
               the
               things
               to
               be
               heard
               ,
               which
               because
               they
               are
               infinite
               ,
               the
               variety
               of
               sounds
               that
               are
               to
               be
               echoed
               forth
               must
               be
               infinite
               also
               :
               nevertheless
               it
               will
               be
               sufficient
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               distinguished
               either
               in
               the
               kind
               ,
               or
               time
               ,
               manner
               and
               number
               .
            
             
               32
               He
               that
               shall
               rightly
               understand
               (
               and
               by
               examples
               they
               are
               more
               clear
               than
               the
               Sun
               in
               its
               meridian
               splendor
               )
               how
               sounds
               of
               this
               nature
               are
               reported
               to
               a
               place
               far
               distant
               will
               never
               question
               the
               verity
               hereof
               .
            
             
               33
               And
               here
               lest
               any
               one
               should
               timerously
               suspect
               these
               things
               to
               be
               effected
               by
               unlawfull
               and
               condemned
               arts
               ,
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               that
               God
               who
               is
               both
               the
               greatest
               and
               the
               best
               :
               I
               protest
               ,
               and
               openly
               denounce
               ,
               that
               this
               discipline
               contains
               in
               it
               nothing
               that
               is
               unlawfull
               ,
               or
               that
               is
               contrary
               to
               the
               Laws
               either
               of
               God
               or
               man
               ,
               and
               that
               many
               things
               are
               done
               by
               the
               help
               of
               Arithmetick
               ,
               Geometry
               and
               Musick
               ,
               the
               rest
               if
               not
               by
               usuall
               ,
               yet
               by
               lawfull
               
               means
               ,
               and
               that
               at
               a
               very
               small
               cost
               ,
               I
               had
               almost
               said
               none
               at
               all
               ,
               for
               certainly
               many
               things
               may
               be
               performed
               in
               this
               kind
               without
               the
               least
               expence
               or
               loss
               that
               can
               be
               imagined
               .
            
             
               34
               And
               seeing
               that
               it
               is
               so
               ,
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               judgment
               of
               those
               that
               are
               judicious
               to
               consider
               how
               much
               and
               how
               far
               these
               our
               inventions
               may
               be
               profitable
               to
               the
               Common-wealth
               for
               the
               future
               :
               if
               they
               are
               defective
               ,
               let
               them
               dye
               ,
               and
               as
               untimely
               birth
               let
               them
               not
               see
               the
               light
               ,
               or
               if
               they
               chance
               to
               see
               the
               light
               ,
               let
               them
               not
               enjoy
               a
               little
               ,
               but
               forthwith
               let
               them
               vanish
               into
               nothing
               .
            
             
               35
               Yet
               I
               my self
               think
               the
               use
               of
               this
               art
               to
               be
               very
               great
               ,
               as
               well
               in
               times
               of
               Peace
               as
               War
               ,
               and
               I
               thought
               it
               my
               duty
               to
               bestow
               some
               pains
               in
               the
               delivery
               thereof
               ,
               which
               I
               will
               not
               do
               so
               willingly
               ,
               lest
               that
               when
               it
               shall
               be
               made
               known
               to
               many
               ,
               we
               cannot
               use
               or
               practise
               these
               things
               in
               their
               due
               time
               .
            
             
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               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
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               '
               
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                 Esq
              
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A42948-e5980
           
             Nat.
             Hist.
             lib.
             10.
             
             Cap.
             24.
             
             Pl.
             lbid
             .
          
           
             Pl.
             lib.
             ●●
             Cap.
             37.
             
          
           
             Itin.
             ter
             .
             S.
             moct
             .
             28.
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