Prince
Giolo
Son
to
the
King
of
Moangis
or
Gilolo
:
lying
under
the
Aequator
in
the
Long
.
of
152
Deg
.
30
Min.
a
fruitful
Island
abounding
with
rich
Spices
and
other
valuable
Commodities
.
THIS
unfortunate
Prince
sailing
towards
a
neighbouring
Island
with
his
Mother
and
young
Sister
,
to
Complement
the
intended
Marriage
betwixt
her
and
the
King
of
that
Island
,
a
violent
Tempest
surprized
them
and
drove
the
Vessel
on
shoar
upon
the
Coast
of
Mindanao
;
where
they
were
all
made
Prisoners
,
except
the
young
Lady
,
with
whom
the
King
was
so
inamoured
,
that
he
took
her
to
Wife
;
yet
suffered
the
Prince
and
his
Mother
Nacatara
to
be
purchased
for
Money
,
who
were
soon
,
after
embarqued
for
Europe
:
the
Mother
died
,
but
the
Prince
her
Son
is
arriv'd
in
England
.
This
famous
painted
Prince
is
the
just
wonder
of
the
Age
,
his
whole
Body
(
except
Face
,
Hands
and
Feet
,
)
is
curiously
and
most
exquisitely
painted
or
stained
full
of
Variety
of
Invention
,
with
prodigious
Art
and
Skill
perform'd
.
In
so
much
,
that
the
antient
and
noble
Mystery
of
Painting
or
Staining
upon
Humane
Bodies
seems
to
be
comprised
in
this
one
stately
Piece
.
The
Pictures
and
those
other
engraven
Figures
copied
from
him
,
and
now
dispersed
abroad
,
serve
only
to
describe
as
much
as
they
can
of
the
Fore-parts
of
this
inimitable
Piece
of
Workmanship
:
The
more
admirable
Back-parts
afford
us
a
lively
Representation
of
one
quarter
part
of
the
World
upon
and
betwixt
his
shoulders
,
where
the
Arctick
and
Tropick
Circles
center
in
the
North
Pole
on
his
Neck
.
And
all
the
other
Lines
,
Circles
and
Characters
are
done
in
such
exact
Symmetry
and
Proportion
,
that
it
is
astonishing
and
surmounts
all
that
has
hitherto
been
seen
of
this
kind
.
What
Wisdom
and
antient
Learning
may
lie
veiled
under
those
other
curious
Figures
and
mysterious
Characters
scattered
up
and
down
his
Body
,
must
be
the
Work
of
very
ingenious
Men
to
discover
.
The
Paint
it self
is
so
durable
,
that
nothing
can
wash
it
off
,
or
deface
the
beauty
of
it
:
It
is
prepared
from
the
Juice
of
a
certain
Herb
or
Plant
,
peculiar
to
that
Country
,
which
they
esteem
infallible
to
preserve
humane
Bodies
from
the
deadly
poison
or
hurt
of
any
venomous
Creatures
whatsoever
.
This
Custom
they
observe
,
that
in
some
short
time
after
the
Body
is
painted
,
the
same
Body
is
carried
naked
,
with
much
Ceremony
,
to
a
spacious
Room
appointed
,
which
is
filled
with
all
sorts
of
the
most
venomous
,
pernicious
Creatures
can
be
found
;
such
as
Snakes
,
Scorpions
,
Vipers
,
and
Centapees
,
&c.
(
The
King
himself
present
)
.
The
Grandees
and
multitude
of
Spectators
seeing
the
naked
Body
surrounded
with
so
many
venomous
Creatures
,
and
unable
to
wound
or
do
any
mischief
to
it
;
seem
to
be
transported
and
ready
to
adore
him
;
for
none
but
those
of
the
Royal
Family
are
permitted
to
be
thus
painted
with
it
.
This
excellent
Piece
has
been
lately
seen
by
many
Persons
of
high
Quality
,
and
accurately
surveyed
by
several
learned
Virtuosi
,
and
ingenious
Travellers
,
who
have
express'd
very
great
satisfaction
in
seeing
of
it
.
This
admirable
Person
is
about
the
Age
of
Thirty
,
graceful
,
and
well
proportioned
in
all
his
Limbs
,
extreamly
modest
and
civil
,
neat
and
cleanly
;
but
his
Language
is
not
understood
,
neither
can
be
speak
English
.
He
will
be
exposed
to
publick
view
every
day
(
during
his
stay
in
Town
)
from
the
16th
.
day
of
this
instant
June
,
at
his
Lodgings
at
the
Blew
Boars-Head
in
Fleetstreet
,
near
Water-Lane
:
Where
he
will
continue
for
some
time
,
if
his
health
will
permit
.
But
if
any
Persons
of
Quality
,
Gentlemen
,
or
Ladies
,
do
desire
to
see
this
noble
Person
,
at
their
own
Houses
,
or
any
other
convenient
place
,
in
or
about
this
City
of
London
;
they
are
desired
to
send
timely
notice
,
and
he
will
be
ready
to
wait
upon
them
in
a
Coach
or
Chair
,
any
time
they
please
to
appoint
,
if
in
the
day
time
.
Vivant
Rex
&
Regina
.