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A
New
Discovery
of
a
Little
Sort
of
People
called
Printed
for
Obadiah
Blagrave
OF
A
Anciently
Discoursed
of
,
called
With
a
lively
Description
JOSHUA
BARNES
,
Emanuel
College
,
Cambridge
.
Iugentes animos angusto in Corpore versant . Virg .
{αβγδ} . Hesiod .
W.
G.
Obadiah
Blagrave
,
Mare
Mortuum
;
Friends
and
Companions
,
let
me
desire
you
for
two
or
three
Minutes
only
,
to
compose
your selves
,
for
I
have
something
to
say
,
that
will
please
and
secure
you
.
It
is
not
the
manner
of
gracious
Heaven
to
place
unbecoming
Inhabitants
in
so
happy
a
Soil
;
nor
can
any
Man
of
reason
or
judgment
believe
these
Creatures
to
be
(
i.e.
nothing
)
or
any
spiritual
Being
.
In
short
,
they
are
Men
;
I
,
Men
,
I
say
,
rational
as
we
are
,
and
I
doubt
,
far
more
couragious
;
for
did
you
not
observe
them
sometimes
to
make
a
stand
,
and
looking
at
us
,
seem'd
almost
prepared
to
come
to
us
?
And
certainly
,
though
the
unusual
largeness
of
our
Bulk
might
justly
amaze
them
,
had
we
had
their
hearts
,
we
should
not
have
trembled
so
easily
at
the
sight
of
such
minute
Animals
.
I
have
often
heard
of
that
they
ride
on
Goats
,
and
those
Kids
we
saw
are
Colts
,
proportionable
enough
to
such
Coursers
.
The
darkness
of
their
Complexion
being
a
consequence
of
this
Climate
,
why
should
we
suspect
any
Diabolical
Apparition
?
Seeing
Devils
,
as
Spirits
,
can
have
no
colour
at
all
,
because
such
Qualities
are
only
proper
to
Bodies
;
and
if
no
colour
,
why
may
they
not
in
the
assumption
of
Bodies
to
them
,
invest
that
Body
they
assume
with
any
other
colour
as
well
as
Black
?
For
thus
,
though
we
paint
Devils
of
that
colour
,
which
is
most
different
from
ours
;
so
the
are
accustomed
to
paint
them
white
,
and
perhaps
with
no
less
absurdity
.
Having
therefore
shown
them
to
be
no
immaterial
Substances
,
it
remains
,
they
must
be
material
,
that
is
(
as
may
be
gathered
from
their
self-motion
and
Voice
)
Animal
Creatures
;
and
their
shrieking
being
much
after
the
manner
of
our
Children
,
though
more
sharp
and
squeaking
,
as
well
as
their
shape
and
habit
perswades
us
they
must
be
Men
.
Then
let
us
view
them
,
their
manner
of
Government
,
their
Buildings
,
Customs
and
Labours
;
which
will
prove
no
doubt
the
most
delectable
adventure
,
that
all
our
Travails
did
ever
yet
present
us
with
.
Oh
ye
Mad-men
!
to
follow
a
whimsical
Poet
to
this
Land
of
Misery
;
though
such
kind
of
Men
are
not
only
believed
to
go
to
Hell
themselves
,
but
are
known
to
lead
others
thither
.
This
place
is
the
Gate
of
Hell
,
those
are
Devils
,
which
he
would
fain
perswade
us
to
be
men
;
and
the
Kids
and
Goats
,
that
he
confesses
abound
there
,
we
are
told
by
Scripture
,
are
the
Damned
,
which
those
Devils
are
driving
to
some
place
of
Torment
;
nor
is
it
strange
,
that
the
place
seems
so
pleasant
and
delectable
,
for
they
say
,
the
way
to
Hell
is
strewed
with
Roses
.
And
I
fear
,
if
you
proceed
,
(
for
I
am
resolved
not
to
follow
)
that
these
Mountains
will
indeed
prove
flaming
ones
,
as
they
seem'd
at
first
;
a
just
punishment
for
your
temerity
.
Great
Ruler
,
of
the
Bulwark
Royal
,
we
all
easily
perceive
,
that
our
Treatment
here
is
as
Noble
and
Magnificent
as
the
highest
ambition
could
desire
;
but
our
hungery
Stomachs
put
us
in
mind
to
satisfie
them
before
the
Eyes
,
that
being
a
work
more
necessary
for
Nature
,
and
helpful
for
all
other
operations
:
English
;
O
Thou
,
who
though
never
fully
comprehended
,
art
signified
to
weak
Mortals
by
the
sign
which
I
thy
Servant
continually
bear
on
my
Forehead
,
whom
our
Nation
adores
and
magnifies
above
all
powers
,
showre
down
thine
heavenly
Benediction
on
these
thy
Creatures
,
and
hear
this
Prayer
of
mine
,
for
thy
Compassions
sake
,
in
the
behalf
of
these
Strangers
,
who
come
from
a
place
,
where
thy
Salvation
is
known
,
that
they
may
recover
strength
thereby
and
refreshment
from
their
Travail
;
Grant
this
,
O
thou
,
who
wast
a
stranger
in
and
a
Sojourner
in
for
thine
own
most
meritorious
sake
:
So
be
it
.
Dramesco
(
i.e.
O
thou
ineffable
Being
,
whose
Goodness
is
as
boundless
as
thine
Empire
,
in
the
name
of
these
Strangers
,
I
thine
unworthy
Substitute
,
return
thee
deserved
Thanks
for
this
present
comfortable
repast
,
as
well
as
thy
daily
favours
to
them
;
beseeching
thee
,
that
as
their
weak
Bodies
,
through
thy
Mercy
,
are
nourished
with
daily
Food
,
so
their
immortal
Souls
may
continually
be
satisfied
with
the
Spiritual
Banquets
of
thy
Grace
,
that
both
their
Souls
and
Bodies
may
joyn
in
a
pure
Life
,
to
the
Glory
of
thy
Great
Name
,
and
the
Health
of
their
own
Souls
:
Grant
this
of
thine
unspeakeable
Clemency
.
So
be
it
.
Arise , O Man , for what is Sleep But Death's Effigies right ? The Fates will once thy Vitals steep In a more lasting Night .
Friends
and
Brethren
,
first
of
all
,
as
Men
,
I
bid
you
welcome
,
but
as
I
embrace
your
Society
.
That
Basis
of
Ivory
being
Consecrated
to
Holy
Uses
,
I
never
stand
on
it
,
unless
while
I
am
Praying
or
Praysing
of
God
;
but
this
whereon
now
I
am
,
is
the
place
where
I
usually
Discourse
,
and
it
is
of
this
colour
,
to
signifie
,
that
all
other
talk
is
as
much
below
that
,
as
black
is
contrary
to
white
.
But
these
things
are
obvious
,
and
of
themselves
explicable
enough
.
I
suppose
you
may
all
wonder
to
hear
me
speak
so
readily
your
Language
,
in
so
remote
a
Country
;
but
you
must
know
,
that
our
whom
you
call
Priests
,
are
taught
from
their
Infancy
,
all
the
most
known
Languages
of
the
World
,
which
for
the
most
part
,
we
in
a
pretty
manner
attain
to
,
notwithstanding
the
brevity
of
our
Lives
,
which
never
exceeds
forty
Years
;
nay
we
count
twenty
a
sufficient
Age
,
though
many
attain
to
thirty
;
but
forty
,
as
I
said
before
,
is
the
highest
apex
,
to
which
our
Life
can
or
did
ever
climb
.
And
yet
,
some
among
us
,
have
been
found
able
in
all
the
Sciences
,
and
skill'd
in
fifty
four
Languages
;
a
thing
,
which
to
the
may
seem
incredible
,
but
as
soon
as
they
know
our
circumstances
,
it
will
not
prove
so
difficult
to
believe
.
For
the
Nature
of
our
Climate
,
it
is
so
providentially
disposed
,
as
if
Heaven
intended
to
compensate
the
deficience
of
our
time
in
a
more
vigilant
aptitude
to
Industry
;
for
he
that
is
most
wearied
with
Labour
among
us
,
in
the
space
of
twenty
four
hours
,
requires
but
one
three
hours
Sleep
,
by
which
only
he
is
sufficiently
invigorated
and
refreshed
:
Besides
,
we
have
the
presence
of
the
Sun
two
hours
and
an
half
sooner
than
any
in
and
find
him
setting
but
an
hour
sooner
,
so
that
our
day
gains
of
them
one
whole
hour
and
an
half
;
moreover
Nature
has
enriched
this
Soyl
with
a
soveraign
Plant
called
the
Berries
whereof
being
made
into
a
Drink
,
do
refresh
us
as
well
as
any
Sleep
,
and
save
us
the
loss
of
time
;
so
that
though
our
Bodies
are
so
inconsiderable
,
and
our
Years
so
few
,
yet
our
Life
may
be
justly
reckoned
the
longest
and
most
Proper
Life
,
because
it
is
hardly
ever
,
and
then
but
for
a
small
time
deprived
of
its
operations
,
by
that
silent
unactive
of
Sleep
.
And
I
remember
to
have
heard
of
such
a
Drink
,
among
you
of
which
is
called
by
that
improper
name
of
you
count
that
a
great
help
to
vigilancy
,
and
so
I
grant
it
may
be
,
but
I
can
assure
you
,
it
is
made
of
a
Plant
which
is
the
bastard
Plant
to
our
and
has
scarce
one
scruple
of
the
Virtue
which
belongs
to
ours
.
I
suppose
,
it
is
the
way
of
Heaven
to
bless
each
Soyl
with
those
Fruits
which
are
most
congruous
and
agreeable
to
the
disposition
of
the
Inhabitants
,
and
most
profitable
and
necessary
for
the
sustenance
of
the
Country
.
Our
people
are
for
the
most
part
Husbandmen
,
Gardeners
and
Keepers
of
Cattle
;
only
two
Hundred
thousand
of
the
Commonalty
are
in
especial
employ'd
in
digging
of
Mines
,
which
abound
here
,
and
coyning
the
Gold
and
Silver
,
though
there
are
but
of
them
work
at
it
yearly
.
Others
make
it
their
Trade
to
Work
in
all
kinds
of
Silk
,
to
make
Tapestry
,
and
Quilted
Works
,
and
to
make
Apparel
for
the
rest
of
the
Nation
.
Others
that
are
of
the
Militia
,
are
sent
every
Spring
to
the
Sea-side
,
to
break
the
Eggs
of
the
young
Cranes
,
and
kill
the
old
ones
,
as
many
as
they
can
.
Thus
,
every
one
is
helpful
to
another
;
one
sort
manures
the
Ground
,
another
defends
the
Country
:
Another
Cloaths
us
,
another
Feeds
us
,
and
another
helps
us
to
Barter
for
what
we
lack
,
by
enriching
our
Coffers
:
So
that
every
one
being
content
with
his
Profession
,
and
every
Profession
being
sufficiently
gainful
,
(
because
we
are
all
Industrious
,
and
know
not
those
luxurious
wayes
of
Spending
,
which
others
practice
)
those
that
have
much
have
but
enough
,
and
those
that
have
little
want
nothing
.
Now
the
desire
of
Riches
being
unnatural
to
our
Constitutions
,
and
the
wayes
of
Deceiving
being
unknown
,
while
every
one
enjoys
his
own
,
no
body
is
in
want
,
and
our
own
Soyl
yields
us
as
much
as
the
whole
World
could
.
Hence
having
no
need
to
fall
to
base
practises
,
we
are
all
exercised
in
our
own
Vocations
,
and
when
we
are
Old
we
leave
the
practice
and
gains
of
our
Trade
to
our
Children
,
who
,
(
as
we
wrought
before
to
maintain
them
)
are
now
,
by
the
Law
both
of
Nature
and
our
Land
,
forced
to
nourish
us
,
which
they
do
most
dutifully
:
But
if
any
neglect
it
,
as
I
never
yet
could
hear
of
more
than
two
,
the
Judges
,
that
go
about
to
look
to
such
things
,
bring
them
from
their
Fathers
House
,
and
having
caused
their
Eyes
to
be
pull'd
out
,
and
branding
them
with
the
Figure
of
a
Viper
in
their
Fore-heads
,
they
send
them
forth
,
thus
helpless
,
into
the
Fields
,
and
so
those
who
refused
to
nourish
their
Parents
,
are
now
uncaple
of
finding
nourishment
for
themselves
;
but
being
hated
and
abhorred
of
all
,
who
see
them
so
stigmatiz'd
,
they
wander
about
,
till
they
dye
deservedly
miserable
.
Springs
past
,
(
for
we
commonly
use
that
part
of
the
Year
in
discourse
,
for
the
whole
,
it
being
the
only
memorable
time
for
Action
with
us
)
there
came
into
our
Country
an
(
for
so
their
Wise
Men
are
called
)
the
first
Stranger
that
our
Annals
make
mention
of
,
called
of
a
comely
Personage
,
tall
and
long-Visaged
,
his
Eyes
black
and
sharp-sighted
,
his
Hair
and
Beard
as
white
as
Goats-Milk
,
his
Complexion
Sanguine
;
and
in
short
,
his
Aspect
such
,
as
could
allure
Mens
love
,
and
enforce
their
respect
.
He
was
no
sooner
seen
by
some
of
our
Nation
,
but
they
received
him
as
a
God
,
adoring
him
and
offering
him
Presents
;
but
when
the
King
of
(
which
is
the
Name
of
our
Country
)
heard
of
him
,
he
came
himself
to
do
him
Honour
,
and
carrying
him
into
the
Temple
of
who
was
then
God
of
the
Land
,
made
there
a
sumptuous
Feast
for
him
;
at
which
,
he
having
Eaten
little
,
and
Drunk
less
,
came
to
the
King
,
and
spake
to
this
purpose
in
the
Language
,
which
was
scarcely
then
understood
by
our
Ancestours
.
O
King
!
I
am
no
God
,
nor
Person
that
merit
such
Divine
Honours
,
but
a
Born
,
and
a
Man
that
have
Travailed
most
parts
of
the
known
World
,
to
encrease
Knowledge
.
I
have
been
in
and
seen
the
Wisdom
of
their
Priests
and
Magicians
:
I
have
been
in
and
conversed
with
their
I
have
noted
the
Holiness
and
Religion
of
the
and
read
the
Poetical
Writings
of
their
Learned
King
I
have
also
examined
the
skill
of
the
in
the
Stars
;
but
preferring
the
strict
and
temperate
Life
of
the
I
have
conversed
with
them
above
this
ten
Years
;
so
that
now
by
my
Speech
,
Habit
,
and
Profession
,
I
seem
a
Native
of
that
Country
.
But
of
all
the
People
I
ever
met
with
,
none
,
as
yet
,
have
appeared
to
me
to
Live
so
irregularly
as
your
People
do
,
who
though
they
are
naturally
well
enclin'd
to
Hospitality
and
a
sense
of
Religion
,
yet
being
destitute
of
a
sufficient
Lawgiver
,
they
live
among
themselves
more
like
Brutes
than
rational
Creatures
.
In
short
,
give
me
Authority
,
O
King
,
and
I
shall
so
employ
my
skill
in
cultivating
their
Manners
,
by
wholsome
Laws
,
and
in
Moddelling
your
Government
by
good
Policy
,
that
you
shall
have
cause
to
remember
me
for
ever
.
At
this
saying
,
the
King
fell
down
before
his
Feet
,
and
testifying
his
ready
acceptance
,
committed
all
his
Affairs
to
the
Discretion
of
this
Stranger
;
but
would
suffer
him
to
reside
no
where
,
but
in
the
Temple
of
with
the
Priests
of
that
God
,
partly
,
because
he
esteemed
him
next
that
Deity
,
and
partly
,
because
no
place
beside
in
that
Province
was
big
enough
for
the
reception
of
such
a
Man
.
Here
then
he
abode
,
and
after
he
had
instituted
all
those
Laws
,
whereby
this
Land
is
yet
governed
,
he
divised
,
for
increase
of
Knowledge
,
two
Places
,
which
he
called
the
one
for
the
or
Holy
Men
;
the
other
for
the
which
you
call
and
added
this
difference
,
that
the
should
be
bred
there
,
and
trained
up
from
their
Child-hood
,
in
all
the
known
Languages
,
and
after
the
attainment
of
them
in
the
Mysteries
of
only
;
and
that
the
should
only
know
the
most
proper
Dialect
of
the
Tongue
,
and
in
that
find
out
the
Secrets
of
Nature
,
studying
which
comprehend
all
the
liberal
Sciences
;
and
to
this
intent
,
he
left
us
Forty
Volumns
,
every
one
in
a
several
Language
,
which
he
ever
bore
with
him
,
being
light
Rolls
of
Parchment
;
one
whereof
,
contained
the
writings
of
adding
,
that
they
had
been
Servants
to
the
true
God
,
and
that
by
their
Writings
,
he
had
perswaded
himself
,
how
the
Heathen
Gods
should
shortly
be
demolished
,
and
the
true
God
manifesting
himself
to
the
World
,
should
teach
Men
a
way
to
serve
him
;
in
the
mean
time
he
left
us
in
our
this
wonderful
Prophecy
:
He
said
when
this
number
of
Years
was
complete
,
which
is
we
should
understand
the
Prophecy
:
Now
,
which
is
strange
,
those
Letters
in
which
make
this
number
,
being
joyned
together
in
that
order
he
placed
them
,
do
constitute
the
word
Christ
,
who
was
Preached
to
us
in
that
Year
,
which
this
Prophecy
foretold
.
After
this
he
ordered
such
Castles
as
these
to
be
made
in
such
places
,
that
may
most
annoy
the
Cranes
;
and
shew'd
us
the
Nature
of
three
most
useful
things
,
the
one
of
the
Tree
which
he
called
which
signifies
a
for
if
a
Crane
doth
but
touch
it
,
it
makes
the
Claws
or
Bills
,
or
any
other
part
,
that
touches
it
,
to
fall
off
,
and
soon
destroys
that
enemy
of
ours
:
Then
he
show'd
us
the
use
of
an
Herb
called
by
us
,
but
by
him
which
being
beat
to
Powder
and
drank
in
Wine
,
is
a
soveraign
Remedy
against
Witchcraft
and
Poison
.
But
this
most
profitable
Antidote
,
whose
chief
Virtue
lies
in
its
Root
,
is
so
deep
and
strongly
radicated
in
the
Earth
,
that
we
ought
to
use
our
utmost
care
in
digging
about
it
,
for
fear
of
breaking
the
Root
.
And
lastly
,
he
taught
us
the
manner
of
making
that
Drink
,
which
we
use
instead
of
Sleep
,
and
therefore
he
called
it
And
having
done
all
these
things
of
love
for
us
,
in
the
space
of
eight
or
nine
years
,
he
told
us
he
would
depart
now
for
and
promised
to
mention
us
to
the
World
,
in
the
Writings
he
intended
to
publish
,
which
he
said
,
should
comprehend
the
Vigour
of
the
Body
,
and
strength
of
a
Wise
Mind
,
as
a
means
to
eternize
his
Name
,
which
,
though
first
he
said
was
be
afterwards
acknowledged
it
to
be
that
is
blind
,
because
his
Country-Men
seeing
him
not
overcome
as
others
,
by
vain
Pleasures
,
which
begin
at
the
Eyes
,
they
counted
him
as
blind
,
and
therefore
,
called
him
never
considering
,
that
the
quick
eye
of
his
Reason
and
Virtue
had
purposely
closed
the
Eye
of
Concupiscence
,
with
which
,
as
long
as
Men
see
,
they
themselves
are
no
better
than
blind
.
But
when
our
King
heard
of
his
intended
departure
,
after
all
his
Prayers
,
perswasions
,
and
promises
proved
ineffectual
to
stay
him
,
he
offered
him
many
large
Favours
,
which
when
he
refused
to
accept
,
the
King
begg'd
of
him
to
say
what
he
should
do
for
his
sake
,
that
had
done
so
much
for
our
Country
.
He
only
desired
him
to
do
three
things
;
first
,
to
Erect
a
Temple
,
bigger
than
that
of
and
Dedicate
it
to
the
God
that
was
to
come
,
and
to
honour
him
with
no
Sacrifices
,
but
of
continual
Prayer
and
Praises
,
and
to
that
end
to
institute
a
Quire
with
Songs
and
Musick
,
to
Bless
and
Magnifie
him
;
Then
he
desired
him
to
give
his
mind
to
Hospitality
;
and
to
that
purpose
,
to
provide
Two
hundred
Chambers
in
every
Castle
,
and
to
furnish
them
after
the
manner
you
saw
your
Lodgings
furnished
:
And
lastly
,
he
desired
him
to
transmit
his
Laws
to
Posterity
,
and
to
choose
out
every
Year
some
of
the
gravest
and
justest
to
expound
the
Law
to
the
People
,
and
to
select
out
of
them
two
Judges
for
every
Province
in
his
Dominions
of
First
,
for
the
Province
of
so
called
,
from
that
King
where
is
the
chief
City
,
and
the
largest
Men
of
all
the
who
are
also
the
longest
liv'd
and
best
Learned
.
Secondly
,
for
the
Province
of
which
took
name
from
that
where
the
People
delight
chiefly
in
Caverns
and
Cottages
,
built
of
Mud
,
and
adorned
with
Feathers
and
whites
of
Eggs.
Thirdly
,
for
the
Province
of
where
the
are
the
smallest
of
all
,
Marrying
at
five
years
of
Age
,
and
not
living
beyond
twelve
;
who
chiefly
feed
on
Fish
,
which
they
take
from
the
River
that
runs
through
their
Province
.
And
lastly
,
for
the
Province
of
so
called
,
for
its
wholesome
Air
and
pleasant
Situation
.
All
this
the
King
promised
and
thereto
Swore
by
his
Scepter
,
which
was
made
of
Wood
,
and
plated
over
with
Gold
.
And
so
that
Godlike
Man
left
our
Country
,
and
left
an
Eternal
Memory
of
his
Acts
with
us
,
which
the
grateful
King
strove
to
encrease
several
wayes
;
as
first
,
by
a
golden
Image
,
representing
giving
Laws
to
the
with
this
Motto
,
—
Moreover
,
he
Instituted
an
Order
of
who
are
only
permitted
,
beside
their
Mother
Tongue
,
to
Learn
the
both
Verse
and
Prose
,
which
they
were
much
assisted
in
by
several
admirable
Poems
of
his
,
(
which
he
Wrote
for
them
)
chiefly
three
,
his
which
contained
all
his
Laws
in
Verse
;
a
small
one
called
and
his
which
,
it
may
be
,
have
never
come
to
your
Hands
,
because
he
left
them
wholly
here
,
except
some
few
Fragments
of
them
,
which
he
took
with
him
.
And
this
Order
from
him
are
called
to
this
day
But
I
forgot
to
tell
you
,
that
in
that
Temple
,
which
he
wish'd
to
be
built
there
was
an
called
the
over
which
left
this
Distich
to
be
wrote
in
golden
Characters
,
(
for
we
soon
had
learned
to
make
Letters
by
his
assistance
.
Which
I
thus
for
you
,
because
every
one
may
understand
me
,
And
thus
,
by
this
mans
means
,
we
have
not
only
lost
our
Barbarism
,
but
arrived
to
a
prety
degree
of
Knowledge
,
and
have
a
way
to
understand
the
Language
,
Customs
,
and
Government
of
all
Countries
,
especially
since
these
have
been
so
open
;
for
the
learn
of
Merchants
the
Affairs
and
Transactions
of
other
Countries
,
and
from
them
the
learn
the
same
,
and
they
,
in
memory
of
send
to
us
every
Year
with
writings
of
those
Matters
.
Worthy
Gentlemen
,
seeming
your selves
young
and
vigorous
Blades
,
and
being
,
I
doubt
,
not
well
skill'd
in
Military
affairs
,
you
would
take
it
kindly
,
I
presume
,
if
we
should
deliver
unto
you
the
true
manner
of
our
War
with
the
Cranes
,
it
being
impossible
,
that
you
should
be
ignorant
of
our
Antipathy
.
To
prevent
therefore
your
modesty
,
according
to
the
General
,
my
Fathers
Orders
,
I
shall
tell
you
the
whole
Story
,
that
when
you
talk
of
us
to
the
there
may
be
no
mistake
.
And
first
,
you
must
know
,
my
Father
,
whom
you
see
,
is
the
tallest
Man
,
the
most
Aged
,
and
has
been
the
best
experienced
in
this
whole
Realm
of
when
he
was
twenty
Years
old
,
his
first
Wife
,
my
Elder
Brothers
Mother
,
dyed
for
grief
,
that
one
of
her
Sons
had
been
slain
by
the
Cranes
in
a
fierce
skirmish
;
after
that
,
the
late
King
requested
him
to
Marry
his
Daughter
,
which
he
condescended
to
(
though
he
came
of
a
more
Honourable
race
,
from
King
his
Dwarf
)
and
then
he
was
created
of
all
the
King's
Forces
,
Lord
Hospitaller
of
and
his
Governour
of
this
Castle
;
to
which
he
no
sooner
came
,
but
in
revenge
of
his
Sons
Death
,
and
for
love
of
his
late
Wife
,
he
invented
this
most
artificial
Snare
,
which
you
saw
from
the
high
Ground
,
on
the
Battlements
of
our
Castle
.
For
the
Cranes
being
the
only
causers
of
Famin
in
our
Land
,
by
reason
they
are
so
numerous
,
that
they
can
devour
the
most
plentiful
Harvest
,
both
by
eating
the
Seeds
before-hand
,
and
then
picking
the
Ears
that
remain
:
My
Father
,
to
deceive
them
,
hath
caused
Earth
to
be
spread
over
the
Roof
,
and
to
be
raised
into
Furrows
,
which
are
purposely
full
of
Seeds
,
by
which
these
Creatures
,
(
though
very
wise
)
being
cheated
,
when
they
think
to
fill
themselves
,
and
prejudice
us
,
not
only
lose
those
hopes
,
but
their
Liberty
and
Lives
,
being
made
a
Prey
to
our
anger
.
So
that
,
where
other
Lords
of
Castles
are
scarce
able
to
pay
their
Tribute
of
one
hundred
Cranes
Heads
yearly
,
my
Father
,
though
he
has
an
immunity
from
all
such
Taxes
,
as
being
the
Kings
Brother
,
doth
freely
,
by
the
help
of
this
Snare
,
present
him
with
two
thousand
Heads
a
Year
.
Now
,
(
not
to
mention
my
Fathers
Acts
,
which
are
more
than
any
History
can
equal
,
in
respect
of
his
Stature
)
every
Spring-time
,
I
and
my
two
Brothren
go
mounted
,
as
you
saw
us
,
with
those
six
Captains
of
our
Horse
,
and
their
Companies
,
down
to
the
Sea-side
,
where
the
Cranes
build
;
at
the
first
bleating
of
our
Goat-Horses
,
all
the
old
Cranes
leave
their
Nests
,
and
in
them
their
young
ones
,
and
fly
about
us
with
great
fury
,
for
they
are
very
sensible
of
our
Hostile
intent
;
then
our
Valour
is
most
conspicuously
signalized
;
for
as
they
will
sometimes
daringly
come
on
the
ground
and
endeavour
,
with
their
strength
,
to
push
us
beside
the
Saddle
,
some
of
us
have
been
so
bold
to
throw
by
our
Weapons
,
and
setting
our selves
firm
,
to
catch
hold
of
their
long
Necks
,
notwithstanding
the
many
Wounds
of
their
sharp
Bills
,
and
so
wringing
their
Heads
from
their
Bodies
,
to
put
them
as
Trophies
under
our
Belt
.
And
thus
my
Father
hath
often
said
,
that
day
his
young
Son
was
slain
(
for
being
then
but
tender
,
yet
venturous
,
he
seperated
himself
from
the
rest
,
and
having
transfixt
nine
of
them
through
with
so
many
Darts
,
when
all
his
Weapons
were
gone
,
he
was
dismounted
,
and
wounded
to
the
Heart
,
with
one
of
their
long
and
sharp
Bills
)
that
day
,
I
say
,
he
hath
said
,
and
all
men
acknowledge
,
that
to
comfort
his
Wife
for
that
loss
,
he
presented
her
with
five
hundred
Enemies
Heads
,
and
three
hundred
dozen
of
their
Eggs
,
all
taken
and
slain
with
his
own
hands
and
my
elder
Brothers
.
And
many
such
encounters
we
have
had
and
must
have
every
Spring-time
;
but
for
all
this
,
they
are
so
numerous
,
that
in
Seed-time
they
come
in
Shoals
to
spoil
the
Husband-man's
hopes
,
and
our
nourishment
;
There
we
being
both
Horse
and
Foot
,
stand
ready
with
Darts
,
Slings
,
and
Staves
,
to
assail
them
with
all
our
Vigour
.
They
chiefly
aim
at
the
Head
and
Face
,
but
those
places
we
have
guarded
with
an
Helmet
of
that
fatal
Wood
which
,
whoever
of
them
touch
,
are
sure
to
dye
.
Now
,
that
these
Creatures
may
not
seem
so
inconsiderable
,
besides
the
advantage
of
Flying
and
equalling
us
in
Bulk
,
but
far
exceeding
us
though
mounted
in
highth
;
they
are
very
wise
and
strong
,
as
may
be
argued
by
that
immense
way
they
fly
after
our
Harvest
,
which
they
alwayes
expect
.
When
they
begin
their
Airy
Voyage
,
they
all
agree
together
,
and
rank
themselves
in
the
perfect
form
of
an
something
like
the
Wedge
,
the
acute
Cuspe
whereof
not
resisting
,
but
penetrating
the
Air
,
still
widens
the
Gap
,
and
quite
takes
off
the
force
of
the
opposite
Wind
,
which
would
else
scatter
and
disturb
their
March
.
Their
Flight
is
to
the
sight
very
lofty
,
the
King
flying
formost
,
whom
they
elect
:
In
the
Reer
they
place
by
turns
,
a
certain
number
,
who
are
to
direct
and
encourage
them
with
their
Voice
,
and
keep
the
rest
all
silent
.
At
Nighttimes
they
set
a
Sentinel
,
or
a
holding
a
Pebble
in
their
Claws
,
which
being
let
loose
in
Sleep
,
and
so
falling
,
rouzes
them
again
to
the
Watch
,
and
makes
them
ashamed
of
their
supine
negligence
.
In
the
mean
time
the
rest
Sleep
securely
,
hiding
the
Head
under
the
Wing
,
and
standing
alternately
on
each
Foot
.
Their
King
sees
forward
on
the
March
,
and
fore-tells
what
he
sees
.
We
have
some
of
them
tamed
in
our
great
Tower
of
and
these
will
wantonly
make
rounds
,
Dancing
very
pleasantly
,
though
irregularly
.
It
is
known
to
your
Men
,
that
when
they
would
pass
over
the
Sea
,
they
wisely
choose
the
between
two
which
we
call
by
which
means
,
when
weary
,
they
rest
themselves
.
Having
pass'd
half
way
,
they
cast
the
Pebbles
from
their
Feet
,
and
the
Sand
from
their
Mouth
,
when
they
have
touch'd
the
Continent
.
Which
Sand
they
took
,
that
by
their
silence
,
they
might
escape
the
knowledge
of
those
Eagles
in
their
way
,
to
whose
fury
their
Loquacity
would
else
have
betrayed
them
.
For
these
,
and
many
more
of
their
Customs
,
they
deserve
to
be
reckoned
a
Flying
Common-wealth
;
and
some
of
our
Poets
have
feigned
,
that
because
who
himself
being
a
used
to
ride
on
the
Goat
had
been
displeased
at
the
former
for
their
frequent
immolation
of
Goats
(
which
we
now
hold
Sacred
)
he
therefore
Metamorphosed
them
into
Cranes
,
who
still
will
fight
with
our
Goats
,
and
having
formerly
been
Husband-men
,
come
now
in
such
throngs
to
require
the
Fruits
of
their
Ground
,
and
to
expell
us
the
Country
.
But
,
if
you
please
,
you
may
smile
at
the
fancy
:
I
shall
only
add
this
,
that
from
Seed-time
to
Harvest
,
we
fasten
a
thin
net-like
work
on
stakes
,
over
our
plow'd
Ground
,
so
high
,
that
the
Cranes
cannot
come
to
the
Corn
,
and
yet
the
Rain
and
Sun-shine
is
nothing
hindred
thereby
;
on
the
sides
of
which
expanded
sheets
we
drive
close
stakes
of
which
,
if
they
endeavour
to
pass
,
it
kills
them
.
And
so
by
our
Valour
and
Wit
we
not
only
are
Masters
of
our
own
Land
,
but
transmit
our
Empire
to
the
People
of
the
Air
,
and
without
a
tedious
watch
,
may
securely
expect
a
full
Harvest
.
Gentlemen
,
you
having
heard
the
Original
of
our
Laws
,
of
our
Wars
and
Customs
,
may
further
,
I
suppose
,
desire
to
understand
after
what
manner
we
express
our
Love
and
Courtship
to
the
Female
kind
,
the
Intrigues
of
Love
not
being
the
smallest
part
of
a
young
Man's
enquiry
.
First
then
,
(
for
I
love
to
be
brief
in
talk
,
)
where
there
is
a
lawful
Affection
,
it
can
be
no
where
kept
so
inviolable
as
with
us
.
Our
pretences
are
not
long
,
but
after
both
parties
are
agreed
,
they
must
have
the
consent
of
their
Parents
,
(
who
seldome
here
dye
before
their
Children
are
Married
)
which
being
obtained
,
the
next
New-Moon
they
are
joyned
,
after
which
,
they
make
a
Feast
,
Inviting
all
their
Friends
and
Relations
,
who
,
after
the
Fathers
and
Mothers
of
both
have
given
their
donation
,
cast
every
one
,
according
to
their
ability
,
a
certain
sum
into
a
Box
,
provided
on
purpose
,
which
serves
them
for
their
Portion
.
So
that
Portions
among
us
are
never
regarded
,
we
being
naturally
more
Generous
than
your
great
Nations
,
and
not
thinking
fit
to
esteem
the
Compartner
of
our
Lives
by
the
Parents
Dowry
,
but
rather
,
by
what
Nature
and
Virtue
hath
made
their
own
.
As
for
that
filthy
Merchandize
of
Bodies
,
which
you
call
prostitution
or
Whoredome
,
we
are
utterly
unacquainted
with
it
,
partly
,
because
the
Nature
of
our
Women
is
more
modest
,
partly
,
because
they
have
all
a
livelyhood
with
such
practices
,
and
abhor
to
gain
any
thing
unlawfully
;
and
partly
,
because
we
have
such
an
esteem
of
Marriage
,
(
which
would
seem
vain
,
if
other
ways
were
suffer'd
)
that
we
count
it
the
most
honourable
state
of
Life
,
and
the
most
dreadful
to
violate
;
and
therefore
none
are
desirous
of
it
,
but
they
are
free
to
enjoy
it
,
there
being
no
great
disparity
of
Faces
or
Fortunes
among
us
:
We
are
all
naturally
healthful
,
all
straight
Bodied
,
all
Honest
and
Generous
,
all
affable
and
Religious
;
and
all
obliged
to
profess
the
same
Trades
as
their
Parents
have
done
,
by
which
they
attain
more
skill
and
more
riches
.
Only
,
if
they
have
many
Sons
beside
the
eldest
,
some
are
bred
up
for
the
increase
of
the
Militia
,
some
for
the
of
the
for
the
Priest's
Sons
succeed
them
in
the
whence
they
either
practice
Physick
or
Law
,
or
are
Singers
in
the
Temples
,
or
Secretaries
of
Learned
Men
,
or
Councellors
to
the
King
,
and
nothing
is
ever
wanting
to
them
for
the
attainment
of
these
things
,
for
the
are
maintained
by
the
Kings
Charge
,
and
every
Science
is
able
to
sustain
its
followers
.
I
might
tell
you
of
our
more
Court-like
way
of
winning
the
Ladies
Hearts
,
of
their
Beauty
,
sweet
Nature
,
Modesty
,
and
Affability
;
how
silent
,
cleanly
,
industrious
and
loving
our
Wives
are
;
how
devout
,
sober
,
and
grave
our
Matrons
;
how
lovely
,
ingenious
,
and
chast
our
Virgins
;
so
that
this
three
hundred
Years
have
given
us
no
example
of
any
known
Whore
,
dishonest
Wife
,
or
immodest
Widow
:
And
so
indeed
it
is
with
the
Men
too
;
only
one
one
of
the
was
lately
found
guilty
of
conveying
away
some
Goods
and
Monies
from
their
and
decieving
a
faithful
Friend
,
who
trusted
in
him
;
for
which
last
Fact
chiefly
,
he
was
first
disgracefully
expell'd
the
and
afterward
stigmatized
in
the
Forehead
with
this
Mark
by
which
he
being
known
to
have
proved
a
false
Friend
,
is
befriended
by
none
,
but
cast
out
,
to
live
as
he
can
,
or
dye
as
he
deserves
:
And
such
punishments
are
the
greatest
we
ever
yet
used
in
our
Nation
;
because
there
are
so
few
Delinquents
,
and
because
the
Shame
and
Misery
may
be
more
exemplary
.
But
I
cannot
so
soon
pass
by
Friendship
,
it
being
a
Virtue
so
honourable
with
us
,
and
especially
so
pleasing
to
my self
;
and
't
is
a
common
Proverb
with
us
;
At
this
time
I
have
a
Friend
called
in
the
so
sober
and
virtuous
,
so
prudent
and
ingenious
,
so
notable
for
his
universal
knowledge
and
remarkable
Piety
,
that
the
hope
and
expectation
of
all
pitch
on
him
for
the
future
ornament
of
our
Church
,
and
support
of
the
Kingdome
,
by
his
Justice
and
Prudence
;
and
notwithstanding
our
great
distance
,
he
sends
me
notice
of
his
Affairs
,
and
I
commit
all
my
concerns
that
lye
that
way
,
to
his
hands
,
not
doubting
of
his
Fidelity
and
Discretion
.
I
remember
a
Witty
Distich
he
shew'd
me
on
our
new
contracted
Amity
.
Which
I
requited
with
this
,
O
San
,
thou
glorious
Prince
of
Day
,
And
Moon
,
thou
Queen
of
Night
,
The
Rays
our
Friendship
shall
display
,
Shall
last
as
long
as
yours
,
and
full
as
bright
.
The
thoughts
of
this
his
friendship
and
known
constancy
,
are
now
the
chiefest
solace
I
delight
in
,
and
his
memory
is
the
most
pretious
and
graphical
Effigies
of
Virtue
,
that
I
can
bear
about
me
:
So
that
though
such
an
Affectionate
Intimacy
is
here
very
usual
;
yet
I
dare
affirm
,
that
of
(
which
is
my
Name
)
to
be
the
most
defecated
and
sincere
.
Worthy
Sirs
,
having
your
minds
prepossessed
with
the
knowledge
of
what
is
most
memorable
with
us
,
except
what
I
am
going
to
tell
you
;
I
think
,
your selves
being
put
to
it
,
could
not
imagin
any
thing
undeclared
of
more
importance
,
than
Court
matters
.
Of
them
therefore
I
shall
briefly
inform
you
.
Our
present
Government
(
as
it
was
ever
since
we
knew
Civility
)
Monarchical
,
the
most
natural
and
best
Government
:
But
to
omit
the
Stories
of
our
former
Kings
(
which
are
not
able
enough
,
but
unfit
for
this
time
)
I
shall
only
give
you
an
account
of
the
present
King
.
You
have
heard
,
I
suppose
,
by
the
that
our
Kingdome
of
contains
but
four
Provinces
,
the
Metropolis
of
is
called
the
most
large
,
rich
,
and
populous
City
of
the
whole
Kingdom
;
here
our
King
keeps
his
Court
,
here
is
the
Centre
of
all
the
Gentry
and
Nobility
,
and
here
flourishes
the
practice
of
all
Arts
and
Sciences
,
which
are
highly
esteemed
and
cherished
by
the
King
,
whose
Name
is
Son
to
the
late
King
,
the
manner
of
whose
Death
was
too
Barbarous
to
be
told
to
any
stranger
,
but
the
Actions
and
Virtues
of
his
life
have
already
swoln
many
Volumns
.
He
bears
in
his
Coat
the
Arms
of
each
province
quartered
,
a
Lyon
passant
in
chief
,
an
open
Book
,
whereon
is
written
a
Fish
and
a
Tree
,
the
Supporters
are
a
Goat
and
a
Ram
,
the
Horns
Or
,
on
the
Crest
a
Cranes
Head
erased
,
and
on
that
four
Crowns
.
This
King
keeps
the
most
Royal
Court
of
any
Monarch
,
though
he
maintains
neither
Life-guard
,
nor
armed
Men
,
because
our
Court
is
as
content
and
humble
as
the
Country
,
and
the
King
himself
hath
protested
he
fears
nothing
but
Vice
and
Flattery
.
In
Apparel
,
I
confess
,
they
are
almost
extravagant
,
because
they
think
Men
may
lawfully
deck
themselves
with
what
their
own
Country
yields
,
if
they
think
themselves
not
better
than
others
,
because
finer
.
But
in
Drink
and
Amorous
desires
they
keep
such
a
moderation
,
as
if
they
were
rather
Nymphs
of
than
Courtiers
of
a
King
.
And
this
proceeds
from
a
virtuous
restraint
,
not
from
a
languishing
impotency
.
So
that
they
can
practice
Love
here
,
and
please
the
Ladies
,
as
well
as
the
most
passionate
but
detest
to
abuse
their
Bodies
where
the
Scripture
will
not
permit
.
For
Taxes
,
we
are
wholly
unacquainted
with
them
,
because
our
King
is
never
forced
,
like
others
,
to
desire
a
supply
,
the
Representatives
of
the
Nation
,
by
the
Peoples
perswasion
,
alwayes
filling
the
Exchequer
,
by
their
voluntary
donations
,
not
doubting
of
the
Wisdom
of
the
King
and
Councel
,
in
disposing
of
it
.
But
yet
,
for
the
benefit
of
the
Nation
,
it
hath
been
a
custom
of
our
Kings
,
to
impose
on
all
the
Governours
of
Castles
the
Tribute
of
an
Hundred
Cranes
Heads
yearly
,
which
they
duly
pay
every
Spring
time
.
There
are
now
belonging
to
the
Kings
houshold
,
a
a
Poet
,
a
Philosopher
,
a
Physician
,
and
a
Painter
,
with
whose
talk
and
works
he
is
used
to
relax
his
mind
from
the
Cares
of
Empire
.
he
is
a
Just
,
Wise
,
Temperate
,
and
Valiant
Prince
,
most
generous
in
his
Largesses
,
and
mild
in
his
Punishments
;
He
sends
yearly
to
the
Heads
of
each
to
render
him
the
Names
of
those
,
who
are
eminent
in
any
faculty
,
with
their
Age
,
standing
,
and
behaviour
;
and
as
he
sees
in
his
Wisdom
,
he
provides
for
them
rewards
according
to
their
Deserts
,
which
must
needs
be
a
great
Encouragement
to
young
Learners
.
He
hath
lately
,
to
his
eternal
Renown
,
instituted
an
Order
called
the
for
the
increase
and
propagation
of
experimental
Knowledge
,
by
whose
Industry
,
Philosophy
hath
been
more
promoted
within
this
ten
Years
,
than
in
an
hundred
Years
before
.
And
indeed
,
there
is
no
such
progress
made
in
any
parts
of
the
World
as
here
,
in
Learning
and
Piety
;
for
it
is
an
Epidemical
Disposition
we
all
have
,
to
shun
our
Labour
,
that
will
produce
Good
,
nor
to
embrace
any
Pleasure
that
is
Evil
;
because
,
if
any
Good
thing
is
done
with
Labour
,
the
Labour
soon
passes
away
,
but
the
Good
remains
;
and
if
any
Evil
is
done
with
Pleasure
,
the
Pleasure
soon
vanisheth
,
but
the
Evil
sticks
behind
.
Greek
Talcomummi
,
Which
short
Dialogue
is
thus
rendred
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BLagraves
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or
Enlargement
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